Business Quote by David Bonderman Download Open image “A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.” — David Bonderman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Business Default Equity Greece Portugal Private equity Very good Would be
If we were going to default, we would have decided that many months ago. It would be wrong for the Greek economy, it would… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
I'm afraid sometimes certain individual cases of defaults are unavoidable. What we should do is to step up monitoring, properly handle relevant matters, and… — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through… — Mohamed El-Erian Copy Share Image
So you know, everyone points out Greece's default record, but the history of a lot of sovereign nations is not a good one when… — James Chanos Copy Share Image
In my min,d there is arguably a greater risk of a default on the debt of a U.S. state than there is on the… — Athanasios Orphanides Copy Share Image
Private equity has absolutely no reason to exist. The private equity holder has all the upside and the banks all the downside. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Private equity capital in each of those markets Europe and Asia - while those markets have very different characteristics - fills a niche where… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
In a world without an Ex-Im Bank, which finances just 2 percent of U.S. exports, private firms would provide the insurance and credit these… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The Greek debt issue, for example, is such a threat because if that country ever defaulted, it might cause some bank that's 'too big… — Jerry A. Webman Copy Share Image
My hope is that more and more investors around the world see an opportunity to do business in Greece. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Time is running out fast. I think we have maybe a few months -- it could be weeks, it could be days -- before… — Willem Buiter Copy Share Image
Nobody in my generation ever started out in private equity. We got there by accident. There was no private equity business - actually, the… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Some of the very best private equity people, in my experience, are people who start out as stock pickers - people who really understood… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Every deal is a regulated deal. Regulators will tell you how to take your money home. — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
The private equity world is a relatively small one. There are currently probably a few thousand professional jobs worldwide. In private equity, that's probably… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity. — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
For me, one of the highlights of being in the private equity world is that you need to learn a lot and very quickly… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Don't do something you don't like. Look for a job that makes you excited to get up and go to work everyday. — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Private equity capital in each of those markets Europe and Asia - while those markets have very different characteristics - fills a niche where… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Being a good private equity investor is more complicated than it seems. I would say that there are a few characteristics that are important.… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
I think that what we leave behind us is extremely important. I therefore spend a fair amount of time on the charitable front, and… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, you like to dance with the girl that brung you, and if you can't sometimes you have to shoot her. — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I'm a business first and foremost so whatever my business is, it's separate from my personal. It's like whatever I do business wise, it's… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
Many early-stage entrepreneurs make one simple mistake: Describing this 'big picture' in vague concepts and words. — Sunil Nagaraj Copy Share Image
Nobody has a crystal ball, and part of evolving a business plan is to say, 'I might have said we're going left, but I… — Ryan Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
“Some say the Earth is angry Because he wants no company; I say the Earth is angry Because he lives alone.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image