Business Quote by Ron Williams

When I was a CEO, I thought I understood private equity. I didn't. And what I've learned since my retirement, and since becoming directly…

— Ron Williams

I chose to invest everything in my own private companies.

— Ronnie Screwvala

I hated being a public company CEO.

— John Katzman

In the '70s and '80s, what private equity did is it changed corporate America. It started holding companies accountable, and for the first time…

— Henry Kravis

CEO was not the right role for me when I was in my early twenties.

— Ben Francis

I hadn't grown up always aspiring to be a CEO.

— Angela Ahrendts

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

I became CEO at the beginning of the hit on old economy stocks. When something like that occurs in your first six months as…

— Andrea Jung

I myself am a private equity investor.

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

My role as CEO is to protect the company AND nurture it to grow.

— John Fairclough

I think good private equity investors create a lot more economic value than they destroy.

— Bill Ackman

First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise, you'll think…

— Charles Koch