Ceo Quotes - page 5

21 years as CEO is a long time. I was and probably still am the longest serving CEO in America. Certainly I am in the media industry, bar none. (Michael Eisner)
Even when I take the path to go be a CEO for a month, or a CEO for a day, music is still there. It's an extremely important part of what I am. View quote
Michael Nesmith
If I spend all of my day in the details as a CEO of a company like Wal-Mart, I think it would be trouble, because I wouldn't really be prepared to speak to the big issues that the country or the world should face. View quote
Mike Duke
No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
I do not want to be a long-term CEO. View quote
Osman Rashid
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 sub-optimal long-term decisions. View quote
Roelof Botha
A CEO needs to build their own team. View quote
Ross Levinsohn
Marketing is selling an ad to a firm. So, in some sense, a lot of marketing is about convincing a CEO, 'This is a good ad campaign.' So, there is a little bit of slippage there. That's just a caveat. That's different from actually having an effective ad campaign. View quote
Sendhil Mullainathan
Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company. View quote
Sanjay Kumar
I like to joke with my wife that she's the CEO of... certainly of our household. View quote
Scott Pruett
An approachable and authentic CEO is essential to fostering a high-performance, open communications culture. (Scott Weiss)
In business, sometimes you have to change the CEO in order to change the direction of the company. View quote
Thomas Massie
I'm the CEO of A$AP Worldwide. But as you can see, when I'm with them, everybody's equal. We don't really base our love off of finances or who's superior by financial status. We're all equal. When I'm with them, I'm letting them shine 'cause it's just like how it used to be. They still there. I'm just chilling out front. View quote
ASAP Rocky
... the National Football League needs "a guardian, not a CEO" to deal with the fact that "the sport is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel. View quote
Frank Deford
My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea. View quote
Lee Myung-bak
The president of the United States is a commander-in-chief, and the president of the United States, you know, executes the laws and tries to motivate the American public to make changes that are necessary. It's not necessarily a CEO type of position. View quote
Rick Santorum
CEO of General Electric for 30 years, Jack Welch was declared the greatest manager of the 20th century. Focusing firmly on results, he revolutionized management to achieve phenomenal growth for his company. View quote
Robert Heller
I had thought if you are CEO, it's like you're the captain of a ship. You are bound together and share your fate with the ship until she goes down, but I realised, as the ship sank, there are people who can swim it through so well ahead of others and be saved. View quote
Yoo Byung-eun
At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining. View quote
Carlos Slim Helú
Why is McDonalds still counting? How insecure is this company? 40 million, 80 billion million jillion killion tillion... who cares? Is anyone really impressed by that any more? Ooh, 89 billion sold? All right, I'll have one! I'm satisfied! I'd like to tell the CEO of McDonalds, "Look. We all get it, okay? You've sold a lot of hamburgers. Whatever the number is, just put up a sign, 'McDonalds: We're Doing Very Well.' We are tired of hearing about every goddamn one of them." View quote
Jerry Seinfeld
If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money. (Carly Fiorina)
I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was. View quote
Carly Fiorina
When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything. View quote
Indra Nooyi
I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple. View quote
Tim Cook
In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO. View quote
Lee Iacocca