--- title: "9 Warren Stephens Quotes - Famous Business executive (Denial's Orphan)" description: "Warren Amerine Stephens is an American businessman who is the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Donald Trump in his second ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-warren-stephens-94581.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-warren-stephens-94581.jpg) # Warren Stephens (1957) Business Executive **9** quotes in **151** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Warren Stephens is a business executive, best known for *Denial's Orphan*. ## Quick Facts About Warren Stephens Born February 18, 1957 Profession Business Executive Notable works Denial's Orphan ## About Warren Stephens Warren Amerine Stephens is an American businessman who is the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Donald Trump in his second administration. He is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Stephens Inc., a privately held investment bank. ## Quotes by Warren Stephens > [Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/underwriting-is-probably-the-smallest-part-of-our-business/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/warren-stephens-44300_business_underwriting-is-probably-the-smallest-pa_507640.jpg) > [We don't think of ourselves as a regional investment bank. We think of ourselves as merchant bankers with clients all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/we-don-t-think-of-ourselves-as-a-regional-investment-bank-we-think-of/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Bank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/warren-stephens-44300_bank_we-don-t-think-of-ourselves-as-a-regiona_884680.jpg) > [In our experience, what we have found is the rare commodity is a good management team. And good management teams manage through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/in-our-experience-what-we-have-found-is-the-rare-commodity-is-a-good/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/warren-stephens-44300_bad_in-our-experience-what-we-have-found-is_893262.jpg) > [Owning equities is an essential part of anyone's portfolio. You just can't ignore it over time. It's going to add the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/owning-equities-is-an-essential-part-of-anyone-s-portfolio-you-just/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Add](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/add/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/warren-stephens-44300_add_owning-equities-is-an-essential-part-of_3206703.jpg) > [One of the industries we follow very closely is the trucking industry. They would love if today there was an option for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/one-of-the-industries-we-follow-very-closely-is-the-trucking-industry/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Almost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/almost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/warren-stephens-44300_almost_one-of-the-industries-we-follow-very-clo_598688.jpg) > [What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/what-we-prefer-to-do-is-operate-our-investment-bank-in-a-way-that-is/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Bank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/warren-stephens-44300_bank_what-we-prefer-to-do-is-operate-our-inve_12848.jpg) > [It's difficult to make your clients understand that there are certain days that the market will go up or down 2%, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/it-s-difficult-to-make-your-clients-understand-that-there-are-certain/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Basically](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basically/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/warren-stephens-44300_basically_it-s-difficult-to-make-your-clients-unde_595268.jpg) > [We've always been modestly leveraged, and we've never believed in a great deal of leverage on either our private equity business or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/we-ve-always-been-modestly-leveraged-and-we-ve-never-believed-in-a/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/warren-stephens-44300_always_we-ve-always-been-modestly-leveraged-and_2992643.jpg) > [We're certainly interested in maximizing our return and doing it - we're interested in maximizing our return, but we're also interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/we-re-certainly-interested-in-maximizing-our-return-and-doing-it-we/) [Warren Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/) [Also](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/also/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/warren-stephens-44300_also_we-re-certainly-interested-in-maximizing_1732207.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-stephens/#itemlist", "name": "Warren Stephens Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Warren Stephens" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-stephens/underwriting-is-probably-the-smallest-part-of-our-business/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/warren-stephens-44300_business_underwriting-is-probably-the-smallest-pa_507640.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/warren-stephens-44300_business_underwriting-is-probably-the-smallest-pa_507640.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/warren-stephens-44300_business_underwriting-is-probably-the-smallest-pa_507640.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.” — Warren Stephens", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We don't think of ourselves as a regional investment bank. 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