Shareholders Quotes
112 quotes by 90 authors
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I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third - ultimately that's in the best interest of customers and shareholders.
— Richard Branson
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Does making money excite me? No, but I have to make money for my shareholders. What excites me is achievement, doing something difficult.
— Dhirubhai Ambani
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Dhirubhai will go one day. But Reliance's employees and shareholders will keep it afloat. Reliance is now a concept in which the Ambanis have become…
— Dhirubhai Ambani
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When management owns stock, then rewarding the shareholders becomes a first priority, whereas when management simply collects a paycheck, then increasing salaries becomes a first…
— Peter Lynch
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Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third,
— Jack Ma
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We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served - as shareholders and in all other ways - by a company…
— Larry Page
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We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a conduit through which…
— Warren Buffett
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Is management candid with the shareholders?
— Warren Buffett
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A strong player, which has the sufficient critical mass, can withhold pressure better and create a more stable environment that benefits shareholders as well as…
— Lakshmi Mittal
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I have to look out for the shareholder’s interests, and I’m the largest shareholder.
— Carl Icahn
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What I am saying is, all health care has a problem with costs. Medicare is growing slower than the private insurance plans. Why? Because of…
— Anthony Weiner
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After a long investigation the SEC has fined Halliburton $7.5 million for issuing fraudulent statements exaggerating their profits in 1998 and 1999 during which their…
— Jon Stewart
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I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is…
— Dianne Feinstein
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My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares of Manulife. Now…
— Michael Lee-Chin
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Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as…
— Simon Mainwaring
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I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the U.K. and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is…
— Stuart Rose
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There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are…
— Ruth Simmons
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In an age where everything and everyone is linked through networks of glass and air, no one - no business, organization, government agency, country -…
— Don Tapscott
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What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value…
— Juan Somavia
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making profits for shareholders.
— T. Boone Pickens
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