Big companies Quote by Jane Goodall

Shareholders are sort of like cats; they get herded around, and they follow the leader. With the exception of a few activist shareholders, there…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

One has to live with the fact that some corporate decisions are going to be wrong. As long as most of the decisions are…

— Michael Otto

We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.

— Ivan Glasenberg

“No decision-making system is going to guarantee corporate success. The strategic decisions that corporations have to make are of mind-numbing complexity. But we know…

— James Surowiecki

Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves…

— Simon Mainwaring

I definitely have a shareholders' perspective. I'm not doing that altruistically. I'm doing that because it's in my own self interest to do it.…

— Harold Simmons

I think every company has its own unique approach to creating shareholder value.

— Kenneth Frazier

When you manage your company for long-term shareholders, and you manage the company for clients, two of the biggest stakeholders, you will make the…

— Ginni Rometty

In every investment, before I get involved or invest, I always see what the mindset of the founder, the CEO, is.

— Zaza Pachulia

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting…

— Jared Diamond

Companies that succeed are driven by internal ambition. Stock price doesn’t drive them. Ambition and values drive them.

— Sumantra Ghoshal

Some shareholders believe it is all about price and a few people's pockets.

— Heather Bresch