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“We find that firms with award-winning CEOs subsequently underperform, in terms both of stock and of operating performance. At the same time, CEO compensation…

— Daniel Kahneman

Of one thing the investor can be certain: A large company's need to bring in a new chief executive from the outside is a…

— Philip Arthur Fisher

If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns.

— Peter Diamandis

Asset management CEOs globally are looking at their business models. They're looking at costs, they're looking at making their businesses more efficient, because they're…

— Martin Gilbert

“The obsession with quarterly earnings came about because personal compensation was increasingly tied to what happened to the share price. Improving market capitalization became…

— Michael Farmer

CEOs must master three essential attributes, realistic optimism, subservience to purpose, and finding order in chaos. One's capacity in each determines their ability to…

— Justin Menkes

The days of CEOs getting rich while shareholders lose has got to end. Management must be accountable.

— John Paulson

It's important to choose initial investors who are not twitchy and rushing for an exit. Wall Street's quarter-by-quarter lens may make the CEO make…

— Roelof Botha

Everything ultimately becomes the CEO's problem, no matter where it starts. I can see why some CEOs crack under the pressure.

— Yishan Wong

The key reason executives are paid so much now is that they appoint the members of the corporate board that determines their compensation and…

— Paul Krugman

While it may be tempting to bask fully in the glory of success, remember: When a CEO takes too much credit for the good,…

— Judy Smith

I think there's a lot we could do that maybe would give a little more decision space to CEOs, to shareholders who want to…

— Hillary Clinton