Ahead Quote by Ashok Soota

I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.

— Jane Byrne

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

— Anonymous

As a pro-business Democrat, I understand the obligations of publicly traded companies to maximize returns to shareholders.

— William M. Daley

I think corporations should be asked to pay a greater share into the success of this country.

— Beto O'Rourke

If I was the leader of the House of Representatives, the first thing I would do is I would put in a very clean…

— Jon Tester

I'm going to continue doing my thing and work my butt off to add value for shareholders and as long as they and the…

— Andrew Mason

We need to create shareholder value. That is why I am here. That is what I need to do.

— Isabelle Kocher

It's an unbelievable responsibility to influence decisions, shareholder value and most important to me, people's careers and livelihoods.

— Andrea Jung

“Our corporate executives speculate with their shareholders’ assets because they get big personal rewards when they win—and even if they lose, they are often…

— Edward O. Thorp

I definitely have a shareholders' perspective. I'm not doing that altruistically. I'm doing that because it's in my own self interest to do it.…

— Harold Simmons

If you are given a public responsibility, you have to listen, weigh up all the issues, but ultimately you have to form a view…

— Graeme Samuel

The public be damned. I am working for my stockholders.

— William Henry Vanderbilt