Shareholders Quotes · Page 3

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

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 may believe in something, but if it is not working and is not giving returns, we have to close it down…

— Ajay Piramal

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees,…

— Lakshmi Mittal

Real teams are much more likely to flourish if leaders aim their sights on performance results that balance the needs of customers,…

— Jon Katzenbach

I am always asking myself how I can improve the lives of my customers, my colleagues, my shareholders, my family and my…

— Martha Stewart

I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.

— Carly Fiorina

Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making…

— T. Boone Pickens

As the head of the public company, you can't say you can't sell, because then you're telling your shareholders that your own…

— James L. Dolan

The Congress is not willing to think about the long term. They act like activist shareholders, to use that phrase again. They're…

— Hillary Clinton

With the acquisition of 50% of Todito, TV Azteca is getting on a very fast train. Todito will allow TV Azteca to…

— Ricardo Salinas Pliego

I was always acting primarily with shareholder interests in mind. It's also true I've always had a fairly moralistic attitude to business,…

— Chris Corrigan

Back in the 1970s, Kodak tried to give $25m to a black civil rights organisation in Rochester, New York. The company's shareholders…

— Noreena Hertz

Our goal is to make General Motors the most valuable automotive company. Clearly, that is having sustainable profitability and driving great returns…

— Mary Barra

My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares…

— Michael Lee-Chin

“unmistakable message to boardrooms across the country: You can’t lie to shareholders. You can’t put yourself in front of your employees’ interests.…

— Bethany McLean

Ultimately, strong branding is not just a promise to our customers,to our partners, to our shareholders and to our communities;it is also…

— Carly Fiorina

I think we've got to look at corporate law. Back in the day when I studied it, there were different constituencies that…

— Hillary Clinton

These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If there is a risk in a bank, our first question should be 'Okay, what are you in the bank going to…

— Jeroen Dijsselbloem

Our approach has worked for us. Look at the fun we, our managers, and our shareholders are having. More people should copy…

— Charlie Munger

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

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 have got this letter which actually goes out the day after I die. It has already been written. And it says…

— Warren Buffett

Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders.

— Alexei Mordashov

I have never seen an employee who jumps out of bed in the morning in order to create shareholder value.

— Dov Seidman

I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.

— Anonymous

Happy employees ensure happy customers. And happy customers ensure happy shareholders—in that order.

— Simon Sinek

Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.

— Jack Welch

The extravagance of any corporate office is directly proportional to management's reluctance to reward the shareholders.

— Peter Lynch

Shareholders share in the downside and not necessarily in the upside; that's the whole story.

— John Gutfreund

Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at…

— Aaron Swartz

We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.

— Ivan Glasenberg

I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.

— Carlos Ghosn

We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a…

— Warren Buffett

Great fit and synergism for both companies and excellent outcome for employees, customers and shareholders.

— Philippe Kahn

Multi-billion-dollar multinational corporations view the exploitation of the world's sick and dying as a sacred duty to their shareholders.

— John le Carre

A lot of people love Oreos. So their manufacturer is making money. That means more dividends for shareholders.

— Maria Bartiromo

My job is to listen to ideas, maybe cook up a few of my own, and make decisions based on what's good…

— Phil Knight

If you run a business, put on top your employees, then your consumers, and then your shareholders.

— Richard Branson