Business Quote by James Surowiecki

Even if a company is taken private, at some stage people want to make it public.

— N. R. Narayana Murthy

It is much more convenient not to be a public company. As a private company you don't have to give information to the public.…

— Marc Rich

For some companies, going public makes the most sense. For others, remaining private is preferable.

— Vivek Ramaswamy

With a private company, you've got to get into who's investing and what's the balance sheet like. So going public is a positive thing…

— David Duffield

The cost of being a publicly traded stock has gone way, way up. It doesn't make sense for a little company to be public…

— Charlie Munger

I think that's the beauty of being a private company: you get to choose when you disclose something. You can play it in a…

— Taavet Hinrikus

One of the nice things about being a private company is operating without the intensity of public glare. It's hard to grow a company…

— Sarah Lacy

Every employee in a company depends on the C.E.O. to make fast, high-quality decisions.

— Ben Horowitz

We like being private because when there is a downturn, as in 2001 and 2008, we do not reduce people. Also, we have flat…

— Richard Edelman

I think overall it is better for businesses to stay private because you have more latitude, more freedom.

— Michael Moritz

Private enterprise manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal.

— Thomas Jefferson

Every public company depends to some extent on the trust of its investors.

— Alex Berenson