Affected Quote by N. Robert Hammer

The corporate killer downsizing is directly responsive to what the mutual funds have wanted.

— Jim Cramer

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief…

— Steve Jobs

I believe in fighting with investors to reduce the amount of equity they get and then being as generous as you possibly can with…

— Sam Altman

At some point, the world is going to have to bite the bullet and accept a huge downsizing in its way of life to…

— John L. Casti

Shareholders share in the downside and not necessarily in the upside; that's the whole story.

— John Gutfreund

The world of private equity is only likely to get a lot bigger.

— Lina Khan

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by…

— Susan George

In a moment of stress, funding may go to systemically-important firms, which could pull funding away from firms not making the cut.

— Charles Dallara

So all of these companies that are going for the big growth, if it continues for any length of time, will outlast their resources…

— Yvon Chouinard

Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.

— Fred Wilson

As president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, I have seen private equity firms plunder company after company, taking rich fees for themselves and…

— James P. Hoffa

The financial crisis and the Great Recession left firms with excess capacity, reducing incentives to invest. If businesses expect slower growth to continue, that…

— Jerome Powell