When you face the shareholders, then you can feel the heat is on you. For 20 years I got to answer to… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Banks need to have large shareholders on the board that have a direct interest in their performance. — Mian Muhammad Mansha Copy Share Image
Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit. — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
I wear two hats. The one is business and increasing my shareholders' value; the other is social responsibility. — Guler Sabanci Copy Share Image
Shareholders, of course, have every right to weigh in on whether (or how) they want a company to exercise political influence. — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
It's an unbelievable responsibility to influence decisions, shareholder value and most important to me, people's careers and livelihoods. — Andrea Jung Copy Share Image
I think the biggest single issue is income inequity and what this is doing to the good old "American dream." This and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Ultimately, each transnational firm strives for its own advantage, and is supported in that effort by the state power wherein it resides,… — Herbert Schiller Copy Share Image
I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
What if lawmakers never spoke to their constituents? Oddly enough, that's exactly how corporate America operates. Shareholders vote for directors, but the… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Compensation needs to be predominately performance-driven. If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Copy Share Image
Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Today we have a health insurance industry where the first and foremost goal is to maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the U.K. and I am not a destination shop for food. If the… — Stuart Rose Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to help build a better society and build a better company, and I always wanted a healthy, vibrant company,… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose. There's no evidence that more people with… — Eric Reguly Copy Share Image
I don't want to give a lecture to this body that's out there. You know, I mean, having had the heart attack,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you have a privately owned system, there's going to be monies leaving the community that will go towards shareholder dividends and… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
As I have indicated some time ago, I intend to divest my shareholding when I leave the Club. In doing so, my… — Fergus McCann Copy Share Image
We met financial expectations for the quarter in a difficult economic environment. We also signed a two-year programming agreement with Home &… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
I've already written a section in the annual report for next year explaining why I think in one case that the figures… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Well-managed companies with independent boards have nothing to fear from activist shareholders. — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When you manage your company for long-term shareholders, and you manage the company for clients, two of the biggest stakeholders, you will… — Ginni Rometty Copy Share Image
If power lies more and more in the hands of corporations rather than governments, the most effective way to be political is… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company.… — Carlos Ghosn Copy Share Image
DaimlerChrysler made significant progress in the year 2005, but our earnings are still not where we want them to be. We intend… — Dieter Zetsche Copy Share Image
Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
The total amount paid out in dividends is roughly equal to the amount lost in trading and investment advice, so net dividends… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
What we're trying to do is determine if our shareholders and customers have been misled. We can't think of a single shareholder… — Chad Jones Copy Share Image
With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq,… — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
If the big banks expect to buy influence when they give money to favored think tanks, then the public has a right… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
We intend to conduct our business in a way that not only meets but exceeds the expectations of our customers, business partners,… — Akira Mori Copy Share Image
Shareholder activism is not a privilege - it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own… — Mark Mobius Copy Share Image
We have new rules that give shareholders the ability to vote on executive compensation. We have new rules for asset-backed securities. We… — Mary Schapiro Copy Share Image
When it comes to major decisions in any area of the organization, I like to get the blessings of the shareholders -… — Jeanie Buss Copy Share Image
