Shareholders Quotes · Page 3

“Running the company for the shareholders often reduces its long-term growth potential.”

— Ha-Joon Chang

If you're long-term oriented, customer interests and shareholder interests are aligned.

— Jeff Bezos

A boycott would send a clear message to Yahoo shareholders and other companies which cheerfully sacrifice human rights in return for a…

— Anonymous

I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my…

— Jack Ma

A lot of deals are done or not done because chief executives are not fully aligned to shareholders.

— Ivan Glasenberg

Does making money excite me? No, but I have to make money for my shareholders. What excites me is achievement, doing something…

— Dhirubhai Ambani

Large organizations don't worship shareholders or customers, they worship the past. If it were otherwise, it wouldn't take a crisis to set…

— Gary Hamel

It is very clear for us; we will do whatever is in the best interest of Shriram shareholders.

— Ajay Piramal

I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable…

— Alan Greenspan

They used to ask: "How will this decision that we make today affect our people in the future?" Now we make decisions…

— Jane Goodall

... Our first priority should be the people who work for the companies, then the customers, then the shareholders. Because if the…

— Richard Branson

The worst example of rural poverty is that of migrant farm workers. They have no permanent jobs, so they have no equity…

— Wendell Berry

We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served - as shareholders and in all other ways -…

— Larry Page

Money managers have to account for their actions to their shareholders, which means they have an undue fear of underperformance. We invest…

— Richard Chandler

I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we…

— Jeff Bezos

“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Our proposal had more than just money. We would increase their staff and keep their headquarters, their brand and their management in…

— Masayoshi Son

I am very pleased with the progress of the new CBS Corporation. The Company's rapid pace of change and innovative approach to…

— Sumner Redstone

In an age where everything and everyone is linked through networks of glass and air, no one - no business, organization, government…

— Don Tapscott

I don't think our fiduciary duty is to put shareholders first. I say the opposite. What we firmly believe is that if…

— Paul Polman

Evidently stockholders have forgotten more than to look at balance sheets. They have forgotten also that they are owners of a business…

— Benjamin Graham

When Wal-Mart brings water down to the Katrina victims, it's not doing that to be nice; it's doing it to make larger…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

Fannie Mae is owned by shareholders but operates under a federal charter that exempts it from paying state or local taxes. As…

— Alex Berenson

I'm a shareholder in Microsoft Corp. of some size, and while I don't work for the place anymore, I think a lot…

— Steve Ballmer

“It is hard to compete with a company whose shareholders do not expect it to make a profit.”

— Anonymous

“In the combined and conscious picture of People, Planet and Profit, WE ARE ALL SHAREHOLDERS!”

— Tony Dovale

I have to look out for the shareholder’s interests, and I’m the largest shareholder.

— Carl Icahn

Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views.

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Shareholder value gets lost when things are done illegally, when corporate governance is not adhered to, when cohesive action is not taken.

— Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

Experts said public companies worry about the loss of customer confidence and the legal liability to shareholders or security vendors when they…

— Barton Gellman

Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

— Jamie Dimon

It's hard to tell which assets will be toxic. The best way to ensure that only shareholders and banks feel it is…

— Alan Greenspan

If you can't use dividends, it's not a bad thing to give it back to your shareholders. They'll use it somewhere else.

— Jamie Dimon

Some companies use off-balance-sheet partnerships to raise money or to buy assets without ever telling their shareholders in their financial statements.

— Alex Berenson

They [in the New York Times] are really, really bad people. The largest shareholder in the Times is Carlos Slim.

— Donald Trump

For many of our shareholders, our stock is all they own, and we're acutely aware of that. Our culture [of conservatism] runs…

— Charlie Munger

In our industry today only a strong company with a global reach can ensure long-term employment and provide acceptable returns for shareholders.

— Lakshmi

I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.

— S. Truett Cathy

Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders.

— Richard Branson

I believe that management should focus on two particular areas. One is Gemba (shop floor) and the other is customer (not the…

— Masaaki Imai