The 200+ Best CEO Quotes
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No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO. Bill Gates, businessman
Bill Gates is a co-founder of Microsoft and a prominent businessman, philanthropist, and investor.
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Keeping a 'CEO blog' or 'founder's blog' can be a great platform for engaging your users in a nontraditional way, reaching people outside of your product pitch and building rapport without selling them anything except a belief in your ideas. Kathryn Minshew, businesswoman
Kathryn Minshew is the CEO and co-founder of The Muse, a career development platform that offers job search tools, career advice, and company profiles.
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To be the best CEO you can be, you have to be passionate about the business you're running. And I have true passion for the financial markets and the financial industry. Adena Friedman, businesswoman
Adena Friedman is the CEO of Nasdaq, a global technology company that provides trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information, and public company services.
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Having been a venture-backed CEO, and having an established background in working with consumer-focused companies, I've built a strong network of entrepreneurs and people who can help startups. Aileen Lee, businesswoman
Aileen Lee is a venture capitalist and founder of Cowboy Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm.
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Clearly, as a CEO, you have other functions that are managed by other people. Al-Waleed bin Talal, businessman
Al-Waleed bin Talal is a Saudi Arabian businessman and investor who is the founder and CEO of Kingdom Holding Company.
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As a wife, daughter, friend, and the founder and CEO of LearnVest, my schedule is anything but simple. But I learned early on how meticulously manage my time. Alexa Von Tobel, businesswoman
Alexa Von Tobel is an American entrepreneur, author, and financial expert who founded the financial planning company LearnVest.
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Interestingly, many Indian companies where there's a father-and-son combination are being run as joint CEO organizations because the father has not given up running the company and the son is actively involved in running the company, and there is division of responsibilities. Azim Premji, businessman
Azim Premji is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist, known for being the chairman of Wipro Limited, a multinational IT consulting and system integration services company.
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America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger. Barack Obama, president
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Look - this is the terror of being a founder & CEO. It is all your fault. Every decision, every person you hire, every dumb thing you buy or do - ultimately, you're at the end. Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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The thing that's confusing for investors is that founders don't know how to be CEO. I didn't know how to do the job when I was a CEO. Founder CEOs don't know how to be CEOs, but it doesn't mean they can't learn. The question is... can the founder learn that job and can they tolerate all mistakes they will make doing it? Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company. Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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Nobody knows how to be a CEO. It's something you have to learn. It's a very lonely job. Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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When I was CEO, and I'd listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job. Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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When I was a CEO, the books on management that I read weren't very much help after the first few months on the job. They were all designed to give you directions on how not to screw up your company. Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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I described the CEO job as knowing what to do and getting the company to do what you want. Designing a proper company culture will help you get your company to do what you want in certain important areas for a very long time. Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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In life, you don't have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you're a CEO. CEOs aren't born. Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence. Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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I was an executive running a pretty substantial group before becoming CEO, and I had no idea what it was like. When something goes wrong, people say, 'It's all your fault.' Your reaction is, 'It's not my fault.' But what do you mean? I was the founder, I hired everybody in the company, I was managing it. Ben Horowitz, businessman
Ben Horowitz is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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The President is the CEO of this business that we call America. Bill Ackman, businessman
Bill Ackman is a billionaire investor and hedge fund manager who is known for his activist investing strategies and his involvement in high-profile corporate battles.
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The Giants beating the undefeated Patriots, that's all a joke. The star of a reality show is going to run the country. The guy who decided if Bret Michaels or Cyndi Lauper would make a better CEO for a company that doesn't exist is going to be running stuff. Bill Burr, comedian
Bill Burr is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for his irreverent humor and observational comedy.
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My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem; how do you approach the problem? Bill Keller, editor
Bill Keller is a former executive editor of The New York Times and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
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At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company. Carl Lewis, athlete
Carl Lewis is a retired American track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals and one silver medal during his career.
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When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. Carlos Ghosn, businessman
Carlos Ghosn is a former CEO of Nissan and Renault, who was arrested in Japan in 2018 on charges of financial misconduct.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it. Carlos Ghosn, businessman
Carlos Ghosn is a former CEO of Nissan and Renault, who was arrested in Japan in 2018 on charges of financial misconduct.
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As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term. Carlos Ghosn, businessman
Carlos Ghosn is a former CEO of Nissan and Renault, who was arrested in Japan in 2018 on charges of financial misconduct.
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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. Carlos Slim, businessman
Carlos Slim is a Mexican billionaire businessman and philanthropist who is known for his vast business empire and his philanthropic efforts.
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Larry Fink, 61, tall and outgoing and passionate about his business, is the chairman, CEO, and co-founder of the largest asset-management company in the world, BlackRock. Carol Loomis, journalist
Carol Loomis is a retired senior editor-at-large for Fortune magazine and a renowned financial journalist.
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As CEO of Levo, a millennial-focused career platform, I'm fascinated by how others turn their passion into success. Caroline Ghosn, businesswoman
Caroline Ghosn is a businesswoman and entrepreneur who co-founded the career development platform, Levo.
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I joined the board of Etsy when it was just three founders, and I helped recruit the COO and CTO, Chad Dickerson, who later became the CEO. Caterina Fake, businesswoman
Caterina Fake is an American entrepreneur and investor, best known as the co-founder of Flickr and Hunch.
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I didn't aspire to be the CEO of Deloitte, but I aspired to be a leader in Deloitte. Cathy Engelbert, businesswoman
Cathy Engelbert is a prominent American businesswoman who served as the CEO of Deloitte, one of the world's largest professional services firms.
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I wouldn't be a CEO today if I didn't do different things to build capabilities and build experiences because to come a leader, you need varied experiences. Cathy Engelbert, businesswoman
Cathy Engelbert is a prominent American businesswoman who served as the CEO of Deloitte, one of the world's largest professional services firms.
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My becoming the CEO is a testament to our long commitment to diversity inclusion. And I intend to really focus and really pay that forward for our future diverse leaders at Deloitte. Cathy Engelbert, businesswoman
Cathy Engelbert is a prominent American businesswoman who served as the CEO of Deloitte, one of the world's largest professional services firms.
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What's important about my election into the CEO role at Deloitte is to provide a role model for the next generation of diverse leaders at Deloitte. Cathy Engelbert, businesswoman
Cathy Engelbert is a prominent American businesswoman who served as the CEO of Deloitte, one of the world's largest professional services firms.
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Being the first female CEO of one of the Big Four, I certainly intend to pay it forward. Cathy Engelbert, businesswoman
Cathy Engelbert is a prominent American businesswoman who served as the CEO of Deloitte, one of the world's largest professional services firms.
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It's important to understand the compensation equation that a CEO and a founder has with his or her employees. Chamath Palihapitiya, businessman
Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Social Capital.
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I always believe that, as you start out, while you should have a big dream - a big goal - but it's also important to move step by step. So, you know, frankly, if you ask me, when I started as a management trainee in 1984, I don't know that I really thought that I would become the CEO. Chanda Kochhar, businesswoman
Chanda Kochhar is a former CEO and managing director of ICICI Bank, one of India's largest private sector banks.
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A lot of people say that I'm an activist CEO. I just think I'm a responsible leader of a business. Dan Schulman, businessman
Dan Schulman is the CEO of PayPal, a leading online payment system.
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As CEO, I believe my most important job is to both define reality and inspire hope for the PayPal team. Defining reality includes being realistic about all the things that could go wrong so that we are prepared to navigate those challenges. Dan Schulman, businessman
Dan Schulman is the CEO of PayPal, a leading online payment system.
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A CEO of a multinational global company can't say what to do; you've got to plant the flag. Dara Khosrowshahi, businessman
Dara Khosrowshahi is the CEO of Uber, a multinational ride-hailing company.
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I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO. Dave Chappelle, comedian
Dave Chappelle is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer known for his stand-up comedy specials and his sketch comedy series, Chappelle's Show.
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No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that. Drew Houston, businessman
Drew Houston is the co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, a cloud-based file storage and sharing service.
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After Pixar's 2006 merger with the Walt Disney Company, its CEO, Bob Iger, asked me, chief creative officer John Lasseter, and other Pixar senior managers to help him revive Disney Animation Studios. The success of our efforts prompted me to share my thinking on how to build a sustainable creative organization. Edwin Catmull, scientist
Edwin Catmull is a computer scientist and co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios.
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As a goalkeeper, I needed good players around me. I needed Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Wayne Rooney. It's the same as a CEO. Edwin van der Sar, athlete
Edwin van der Sar is a retired Dutch professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for clubs such as Ajax, Juventus, Fulham, and Manchester United.
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As a CEO, you have to take the active action to force most of your resources to stand idle from time to time - or go bankrupt. Eliyahu Goldratt, businessman
Eliyahu Goldratt was an Israeli business management guru and author of the best-selling book "The Goal," which introduced the Theory of Constraints.
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When I first met YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, I was moderating a panel she was on for Harvard alums. We were both wrapping up our maternity leaves. She had just had her fifth child; I'd just had my second. We traded tips on maternity clothes, and I peppered her with questions about how she finds her balance. Emily Chang, journalist
Emily Chang is a journalist and anchor for Bloomberg Technology, covering the intersection of technology and business.
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At the 'Vanity Fair' New Establishment Summit, I asked Alibaba CEO Mike Evans - who has nine kids! - how he does it, as well as Didi President Jean Liu, a mother of three. Evans said he couldn't do work well without the support of his family and vice versa. Emily Chang, journalist
Emily Chang is a journalist and anchor for Bloomberg Technology, covering the intersection of technology and business.
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Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one wants to be a mere follower. F. Sionil Jose, writer
F. Sionil Jose is a Filipino writer and journalist known for his novels and essays that explore the social and political issues of the Philippines.
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Learn computer science. It's extraordinarily helpful. I like recommending learning economics as well so they think in terms of business, they have rational frameworks for looking at the world, but yeah, computer science is an amazing way to get into, even if you want to be CEO, having a tech background is helpful. Fabrice Grinda, businessman
Fabrice Grinda is a French entrepreneur and investor who co-founded OLX, a global online classifieds platform.
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If you're CEO of a company, you have to be a public person. You're speaking to the press, you're speaking to investors, you're speaking to employees, you're the public face of the company and so kind of naturally you become more extroverted, more outwards facing. Fabrice Grinda, businessman
Fabrice Grinda is a French entrepreneur and investor who co-founded OLX, a global online classifieds platform.
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When I got to be a CEO, I said: 'Right. I'm now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I'm going to make a difference and lead by example and actively put in place policies and practices to support women.' Gail Kelly, businesswoman
Gail Kelly is a former CEO of Westpac, one of Australia's largest banks, and is known for her leadership and advocacy for gender diversity in the workplace.
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The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors. Gary Hamel, businessman
Gary Hamel is a management expert and author who has written extensively on business strategy and innovation.
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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating. Gary Hamel, businessman
Gary Hamel is a management expert and author who has written extensively on business strategy and innovation.
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I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage. Gary Vaynerchuk, businessman
Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur, author, and internet personality who is known for his expertise in social media marketing and building successful businesses.
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I'm the ninth CEO of IBM. Every one of my predecessors has steered through a technological shift, and every one left the company in a better position than the person before them and prepared this company with a very strong balance sheet to allow it to continue to invest for the next shift. Ginni Rometty, businesswoman
Ginni Rometty is a former CEO and current executive chairman of IBM, one of the world's largest technology companies.
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You need to have a great support around you, people that empathise, understand and yet support, because these CEO jobs are all-consuming. Ginni Rometty, businesswoman
Ginni Rometty is a former CEO and current executive chairman of IBM, one of the world's largest technology companies.
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President Trump is doing what he can to act decisively. And if there's one thing most people have in mind in distinguishing the business world from the political world is that the CEO of a business can act decisively. H. W. Brands, historian
H. W. Brands is an American historian and author who has written several books on American history, including biographies of historical figures such as Benjamin Franklin and Ulysses S. Grant.
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My grandfather was a very successful businessman. He started off as an engineer, but moved to sales to management to executive over a long career. For a while, before I was born, he was the CEO of an oil and gas exploration company. Hank Green, celebrity
Hank Green is an American entrepreneur, author, and YouTube personality known for co-founding the educational YouTube channel, Crash Course.
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When I came into the CEO office, I basically changed the entire management team. We knew that we had to change the company, so we needed a new set of leaders. Hans Vestberg, businessman
Hans Vestberg is a Swedish businessman who currently serves as the CEO of Verizon Communications.
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What was really tough for me was that Lars Magnus Ericsson founded Ericsson in 1876; we've always had a consumer product. And I'm the 16th CEO of Ericsson, and I decided that we don't have any consumer products anymore. Hans Vestberg, businessman
Hans Vestberg is a Swedish businessman who currently serves as the CEO of Verizon Communications.
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When it comes to meetings and preparing for that, it doesn't matter if it's a meeting with the U.N.; with a large operator, CEO, or chairman; or if I have an internal meeting - in all cases, I know that the energy and the engagement in every discussion is extremely important. Hans Vestberg, businessman
Hans Vestberg is a Swedish businessman who currently serves as the CEO of Verizon Communications.
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Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about. Imran Amed, editor
Imran Amed is the founder and editor-in-chief of Business of Fashion, a leading online fashion publication.
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To be a CEO is a calling. You should not do it because it is a job. It is a calling, and you have got to be involved in it with your head, heart and hands. Your heart has got to be in the job; you got to love what you do; it consumes you. And if you are not willing to get into the CEO job that way, there is no point getting into it. Indra Nooyi, businesswoman
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-American businesswoman who served as the CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
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The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially. Indra Nooyi, businesswoman
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-American businesswoman who served as the CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
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As a CEO of a large company, clearly we need policies in the U.S. government that are pro-business, because at the end of the day, we all work within the framework of a country's policies. Indra Nooyi, businesswoman
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-American businesswoman who served as the CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
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Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that. Indra Nooyi, businesswoman
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-American businesswoman who served as the CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
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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. Indra Nooyi, businesswoman
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-American businesswoman who served as the CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
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Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it. Jack Welch, businessman
Jack Welch is a former CEO of General Electric, known for his leadership style and business strategies that transformed the company into one of the most successful corporations in the world.
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If you don't have the necessary inner balance, leadership can demolish you. Today, if you are a CEO by the time you are 35, you must have ulcers. By 45, you must have diabetes. By 55, you must have had a bypass. People say they have had three bypasses, as if it is a qualification. Jaggi Vasudev, author
Jaggi Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru, is an Indian yogi, mystic, and author who founded the Isha Foundation, a non-profit organization that offers yoga programs around the world.
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Companies that are successful, it starts with the CEO and starts with the CEO's priorities. Julie Sweet, businesswoman
Julie Sweet is the CEO of Accenture, a multinational professional services company that provides consulting, technology, and outsourcing services.
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There are three things that I have found were really critical in my first year: listening, prioritizing, and communicating. I don't think they're different for women. It's really about that first year as a CEO. Julie Sweet, businesswoman
Julie Sweet is the CEO of Accenture, a multinational professional services company that provides consulting, technology, and outsourcing services.
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No one wanted to be my friend because of my lunchbox - because I never shared my lunchbox. One day the principal walked in and said, 'No one is friends with Karan Johar; who will be his friend?' My CEO today put his hand up there and said, he will. Karan Johar, director
Karan Johar is a prominent Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in Bollywood.
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At some private events, we'll see the CEO of the company get up and do his 'Rock Lobster' dance. The band used to grumble that, 'All they talk about is hair and don't take us seriously,' but I've realized that what this band does the best is let loose and let people's freak flag fly. Kate Pierson, musician
Kate Pierson is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the band The B-52's.
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Keeping a 'CEO blog' or 'founder's blog' can be a great platform for engaging your users in a nontraditional way, reaching people outside of your product pitch and building rapport without selling them anything except a belief in your ideas. Kathryn Minshew, businesswoman
Kathryn Minshew is the CEO and co-founder of The Muse, a career development platform that offers job search tools, career advice, and company profiles.
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I don't feel I'm at liberty to speak about the actions of any one CEO. That's not fair; given CEOs have duties to their shareholders. Kenneth C. Griffin, businessman
Kenneth C. Griffin is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and founder of Citadel LLC, one of the world's largest alternative investment firms.
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I'm the CEO; I'm the one who should be looking out for risk. Kenneth C. Griffin, businessman
Kenneth C. Griffin is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and founder of Citadel LLC, one of the world's largest alternative investment firms.
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I am a person who does not subscribe to the hero-CEO school of thought. Kenneth Frazier, businessman
Kenneth Frazier is an American businessman and lawyer who is the CEO of Merck & Co., a global pharmaceutical company.
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I don't believe it's appropriate for me or any other CEO to wade into every political dispute. That's not what we're here for. Kenneth Frazier, businessman
Kenneth Frazier is an American businessman and lawyer who is the CEO of Merck & Co., a global pharmaceutical company.
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As a producer, as a CEO of Hartbeat Productions, I am making deals to put my company in place to win, to put my staff to work so that while all this stuff is going on, they're in the kitchen cooking. So it's understanding the longevity of the entertainment business; you get out of it what you put into it. Kevin Hart, actor
Kevin Hart is an American actor, comedian, and producer known for his roles in movies such as "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" and "Central Intelligence."
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We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and the organization's top managers, perhaps with the help of outside consultants that they call in. But that is not really how an organization thinks. Kevin Kelly, editor
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There are plenty of things I wish I'd known when I decided to quit my position at IBM and work on the idea that later became TaskRabbit. Maybe that's why one of the things I cherish most about being a founder and CEO is the opportunity to offer advice to new entrepreneurs. Leah Busque, businesswoman
Leah Busque is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman who founded the popular on-demand service TaskRabbit.
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In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO. Lee Iacocca, businessman
Lee Iacocca was an American businessman and former CEO of Chrysler Corporation, known for his leadership in the automotive industry and his role in the development of the Ford Mustang.
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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. Lee Myung-bak, statesman
Lee Myung-bak is a former South Korean politician who served as the President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013.
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I used to think my job as a CEO meant managing metrics and meeting goals, but I've realised now that's it's about managing my board and employees. Leila Janah, businesswoman
Leila Janah was a successful American entrepreneur and social impact leader who founded several companies focused on providing employment opportunities to people living in poverty.
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I'm the founder and CEO of Sama Group, a family of social enterprises - Samasource, Samahope and SamaUSA - that are working to alleviate poverty by connecting the global community to opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean and here in the U.S. Leila Janah, businesswoman
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I met the CEO of Twitter. Leslie Jones, comedian
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My father is the CEO, and there's no question he is my boss. But we work very much in tandem. Linda Johnson Rice, businesswoman
Linda Johnson Rice is an American businesswoman and the former CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, which publishes Ebony and Jet magazines.
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On April 16, 2010, 34 Chinese environmental organizations, including Friends of Nature, the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Green Beagle, questioned heavy metal pollution in a letter sent to CEO Steve Jobs. Ma Jun, environmentalist
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Imagine if someone like John Lennon or Bob Marley, Sid Vicious, Picasso, whomever, were doing their work, and some corporation, some CEO, some branding entity was saying to you, 'Well, you can do that, but you've got to remove this aspect of your work.' There would no longer be that purity anymore. Madonna Ciccone, musician
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If I was President of the United States, I'd rather be right than interesting. If I was CEO of a company, I'd rather be right than interesting. But I'm a journalist - what journalist would rather be right than interesting? Malcolm Gladwell, author
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In 2000, when my partner Ben Horowitz was CEO of the first cloud computing company, Loudcloud, the cost of a customer running a basic Internet application was approximately $150,000 a month. Marc Andreessen, businessman
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The role of a founder-CEO is extremely lonely. You can't always be fully forthcoming with your board or investors or employees. Marc Randolph, businessman
Marc Randolph is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Netflix.
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Whether you are a low-income elderly woman living at the end of a dirt road in Vermont or a wealthy CEO living on Park Avenue, you get your mail six days a week. And you pay for this service at a cost far less than anywhere else in the industrialized world. Bernie Sanders, politician
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Nowadays you don't need to be a senator or a CEO or a celebrity to have a voice in the media, and if you happen to be a senator, a CEO or a celebrity, you have a thousand people each with their own respective audiences to hold you accountable. Bernie Sanders, politician
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President. Barbara Boxer, politician
Barbara Boxer is a retired American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1993 to 2017.
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Well, I, you know, I think at PIMCO we always try and be open with the press and the public. I mean, isn't that what voters want from their politicians? Mohamed El-Erian, our CEO, writes several op-eds a week. Bill Gross, businessman
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CEOs who can hire properly, that's the most important part of the job. The CEO's job is really to hire the right team and execute the vision second. Bill Maris, businessman
Bill Maris is a venture capitalist and the founder of Google Ventures, now known as GV.
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I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was. Carly Fiorina, businesswoman
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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, businesswoman
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom. Carly Fiorina, businesswoman
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The inequality between CEO compensation and the compensation received by workers and stockholders has grown to such an extent that it endangers our economy and and our society. Danny K. Davis, politician
Danny K. Davis is a Democratic politician who represents Illinois's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
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The United States is like a big company, and we need a CEO to run it. David A. Siegel, businessman
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If I'm a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works. Gina Raimondo, politician
Gina Raimondo is an American politician and the current Governor of Rhode Island.
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When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment. Jack Antonoff, musician
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There's a lot that goes into being Tim McGraw or Kenny Chesney. They have great songs, their show is great, they're very fit. When you look at somebody who takes care of themselves, takes care of their business, that's what every CEO would do. Jake Owen, musician
Jake Owen is an American country music singer and songwriter.
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I am honored to join the Under Armour Board, and look forward to seeing how a founder and CEO operates a dynamic and fast-growing company known for innovation and its competitive edge. Karen Katz, author
Karen Katz is an American author and illustrator of children's books.
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For me, I may have titles like CEO, director or vice chairman but the best title for me is 'working mother.' Karren Brady, public servant
Karren Brady is a British businesswoman and politician who has served as a Member of Parliament and a government advisor.
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I worked with the best - Givenchy, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent - and it gave me an ability to be confident. It turned me into a CEO and a creative director and a brand. Kimora Lee Simmons, businesswoman
Kimora Lee Simmons is a fashion designer, model, and entrepreneur who has founded several successful fashion and beauty brands.
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I'm known as the ankle bully, and I'm the CEO of it because I've made a lot of people fall during my lifetime. LaMelo Ball, athlete
LaMelo Ball is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA.
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I don't say no as much as I should. I'm an extreme workaholic. So I can be sick, and I still say yes to anything. When you are the CEO of your own company, editor of your own videos, your own writer ,and you do every role yourself, you have a hard time saying no to opportunities. Lilly Singh, comedian
Lilly Singh is a Canadian comedian, actress, and YouTube personality known for her channel "IISuperwomanII" and her late-night talk show "A Little Late with Lilly Singh."
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There's nothing about Lynn Good at age 30 or age 35 that would have said, 'I am setting my sights on being a CEO.' Lynn Good, businesswoman
Lynn Good is the CEO and Chairman of Duke Energy, one of the largest electric power holding companies in the United States.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO. Larry Wilcox, actor
Larry Wilcox is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Jon Baker in the television series "CHiPs."
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The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design. Elon Musk, businessman
Elon Musk is a billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of several companies, including Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.
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My title is LaVar Ball, the big baller, the CEO of the Big Baller Brand. LaVar Ball, businessman
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Bernard Tyson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente, sees technology as an augmentation to current healing tools - but not a replacement for human kindness, an integral part of healthcare. Adam Lashinsky, editor
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I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple. Tim Cook, businessman
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I think, you know, a fellow CEO said to me that the interesting thing about being CEO that's really striking is that you have very few decisions that you need to make, and you need to make them absolutely perfectly. Marissa Mayer, businesswoman
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CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like. Adora Svitak, author
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Lucy Kellaway's columns in the 'Financial Times' lend themselves to podcasts because they usually consist of her giving a brisk ticking off to some CEO or subversively wondering whether we're really as busy as we pretend we are. David Hepworth, journalist
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The rap against Tesla has always been of the 'yes, but' variety. Yes, it's a fine artisanal designer and manufacturer of electric cars, and its CEO is one of the few business leaders alive for whom the label 'visionary' isn't hyperbolic. Adam Lashinsky, editor
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My focus - even before becoming CEO - has always been memorable and unique content. And one of the most important things we did to reinforce that was create A+E Studios. Nancy Dubuc, businesswoman
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When you start giving interviews like the CEO of an established company, it's just wrong. Pavel Durov, businessman
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The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is that people try to adopt too many behavioral changes at once. It doesn't work. I don't care if you're a world-class CEO - you'll quit. Tim Ferriss, author
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Deciding whether or not to bring in an outside CEO is one of the most gut-wrenching decisions that a founder will ever need to make. David Cohen, businessman
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Nvidia's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, is an engineer and a chip designer. He cofounded Nvidia and still runs it like a startup. Daniel Lyons, writer
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Bernard Tyson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente, sees technology as an augmentation to current healing tools - but not a replacement for human kindness, an integral part of healthcare. Adam Lashinsky, editor
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I like to joke with my wife that she's the CEO of... certainly of our household. Scott Pruett, celebrity
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I discovered that as a founder and now CEO, my commitment to and passion for Affectiva is super contagious. It is contagious with my team and at internal company meetings, injecting a new energy and sense of camaraderie. Rana el Kaliouby, scientist
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In 1997, my father appointed me CEO but acted as player-coach, keeping busy on long-term clients such as KFC and international travel brands. Richard Edelman, businessman
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I think each person, if you're a CEO, the most important thing is to have - to me, is to pick people around you that aren't like you, that complement you. Because you want to build a puzzle; you don't want to stack Chiclets up and have everyone be the same. And so I believe in diversity with a capital D. Tim Cook, businessman
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The organization reflects the behavior and characteristics of the CEO, and that establishes the culture. Foster an environment of open communication, and the organization inherits a culture of open communication. Peter Levine, businessman
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There is almost nothing more painful for a leader than seeing good people leave a growing organization, whether it's a priest watching a Sunday school teacher walk out the door or a CEO saying goodbye to a co-founder. Patrick Lencioni, writer
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One of the first acts during the second coming of Steve Jobs as CEO in 1997 was a major board overhaul. Tahl Raz, journalist
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American business would be run better today if there was more alignment between CEOs' interest and the company. For example, would the financial crisis of 2008 have occurred if the CEO of Lehman and Morgan Stanley and Goldman and Citibank had to take a very small percentage of every mortgage-backed security... or every loan they made? Aubrey McClendon, businessman
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I can tell you, because I serve on so many nonprofit boards - where half of us are academics and half of us are from Wall Street - that there's no CEO who understands at all a derivative. All they know is that somebody tells them in their organization, 'We've got a wonderful profit center.' Paul Samuelson, economist
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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. Sendhil Mullainathan, economist
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I co-founded Affectiva with Professor Rosalind W. Picard when we spun out of MIT Media Lab in 2009. I acted as Chief Technology and Science Officer for several years until becoming CEO mid-2016, one of a handful of female CEOs in the AI space. Rana el Kaliouby, scientist
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The role of president, as George W. Bush commented in 2000, requires vision, management, and an eye for talent - not so different from that of CEO. But during the first years of Carter's presidency, his Cabinet was anything but businesslike, beset by infighting and meetings that ambled. Tahl Raz, journalist
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Everyone in the United States asks me about being a woman CEO. To be honest, it has had no impact on my career. While I was at BCG, it didn't matter whether you were a man or a woman. The only thing that mattered was that you were good at your job. Maelle Gavet, businesswoman
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If a CEO takes an interest in you and he happens to be an Asian man, then that's great, but as an African-American woman, you want to make sure that if the executive vice-president of the company is an African-American woman that you get to know her. A'Lelia Bundles, journalist
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As a decision maker, you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you. As the CEO, however, you cannot rely solely on this information. You also need to 'dip' down into your organization and learn directly from employees at all levels and virtually all skill sets. Scott Weiss, businessman
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I literally went down to my car and thought, 'Oh my God, SAP bought Concur - maybe tomorrow they'll buy Dairy Queen.' It was the best thing that happened to me on the day I was named CEO of Oracle. Safra A. Catz, businesswoman
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I need to aspire to be a great CEO and not just a great product engineer. Mark Pincus, businessman
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An approachable and authentic CEO is essential to fostering a high-performance, open communications culture. Scott Weiss, businessman
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I have spent some time talking to Rex Tillerson. He's an amazing human being. He's an American success story, not just in his business life. He's a rags-to-riches success story. He stated working at 8, lived in a one-bedroom house until the time he went to college, and grew to become the CEO of one of the world's largest companies. Sean Spicer, public servant
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It turns out that if you're a 24-year-old whose only line on their resume says CEO, you are totally unemployable. Sam Yagan, businessman
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I definitely think it's important for a CEO of any large corporation to understand how policy impacts their business and be aware of the decisions being made in Congress. Suzan DelBene, politician
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I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company. Tim Ferriss, author
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I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position. Paul Polman, businessman
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Manny Smith & Interscope CEO John Janick understand me and my vision for myself and also my label. Interscope gave me the opportunity to take over the game completely, and that's what I'm going to do. Rich the Kid, musician
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Apple is a military-like command-and-control organization where people lower down in the organization manage up. They are constantly preparing their boss who may be preparing their boss and their boss for a presentation to the CEO or to the executive team. Adam Lashinsky, editor
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The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life. Ricardo Semler, businessman
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As co-founder and CEO of an AI company, I am used to there not being many women in the room, especially in AI. Rana el Kaliouby, scientist
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If hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy. Tim Cook, businessman
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With Trump assuming the role of America's CEO, it may be chaos rather than callousness that threatens to harm his standing with the American voters who are giving him a chance. Kristen Soltis Anderson, writer
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I'm not going out there screaming, 'I'm CEO! I'm CEO!' That's not the way to do it. Payal Kadakia, businesswoman
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A critical question to ask when bringing in a new CEO to take the reins of a company you started is: Do you want someone who will maintain company culture or reinvent it? Ryan Holmes, businessman
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I'm not a millionaire, a billionaire, a CEO, or a movie star. Elizabeth Emken, politician
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I'm not an entrepreneur. I'm not a CEO. I'm a nerdy computer programmer who likes to have opinions on Twitter. Markus Persson, businessman
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You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a CEO who has much of a clue about the strength of that culture. Marcus Buckingham, author
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Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company. Sanjay Kumar,
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Social lets consumers talk about the products. You may pay your way onto the Facebook feed, but after that, it's conversations by the users. That's not sufficient because it leaves out what is possible for employees to talk, for R&D to talk, or the CEO to talk. Richard Edelman, businessman
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As CEO, I had a standing 30-minute meeting every Monday to greet and connect with new hires. Scott Weiss, businessman
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Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally. Kenneth Lay, businessman
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We sold OkCupid to Match in January of 2011. In September of 2012, I became CEO of all of Match, which is the operating segment of IAC that contains all of the dating properties. Sam Yagan, businessman
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I do believe I have certain strengths as a female CEO, such as having another level of awareness through emotional intelligence. Rana el Kaliouby, scientist
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As a former CEO and senior executive, there was a time when I did not quite understand the profound impact a CEO has on the culture of a company, even though I always knew culture was important. Peter Levine, businessman
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I wasn't one-hundred percent sure that Jenny Craig was going to be the right program for me, but I wanted to do something. So I sat down with the CEO of Jenny Craig, Patti Larchet. Sara Rue, actress
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Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor
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Any CEO would want to know what people say about his product anywhere in the world. Rene Angelil, musician
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I do not want to be a long-term CEO. Osman Rashid, businessman
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Because one of the main jobs of a CEO is to set the vision and strategy for the company, I'm a big believer in making one of the founders the default CEO. David Cohen, businessman
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If you're the cashier at Burger King, of course you make less than the manager or even the CEO. The issue is whether you're stuck being a cashier for the rest of your life. Marco Rubio, politician
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As board members, we only meet infrequently and are not as engaged with the front line, necessarily. The first thing I did as CEO was I left this board room. Oscar Munoz, businessman
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There's one thing a CEO should always keep at the front of their mind, and that's customer needs. Taavet Hinrikus,
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Because being CEO can feel lonely, I journal religiously as a way to express my thoughts, feelings and aspirations. Looking back at earlier entries helps me reflect on challenges and celebrate progress and successes. Rana el Kaliouby, scientist
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I don't like the idea that Facebook controls how people express themselves and changes it periodically according to whatever algorithms they use to figure out what they should do or the whim of some programmer or some CEO. That bothers me a great deal. Ellen Ullman,
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One of the ideas that I wanted to highlight, which is actually a very bipartisan idea - it's not just about conservatives - is this worship of wealth, the CEO saviour. Naomi Klein, journalist
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I didn't dream that I would become the CEO of the company when I joined as a systems marketing engineer back in 1995. Sometimes, I don't really reconcile to it; it's a bit of an odd sensation which is under the surface. Rajeev Suri, businessman
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Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired. Paul Graham, scientist
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American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important. Marcus Buckingham, author
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By 14, I had decided on three modest goals and repeated them often to everyone. I wanted to be a world-class filmmaker, CEO of a multi-billion-dollar entertainment company, and president of the United States. I've had to settle for journeyman actor. Sean Astin, actor
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Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the public and private sector. Mark McKinnon, businessman
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As CEO of Unilever, my personal mission is to galvanize our company to be an effective force for good. Paul Polman, businessman
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If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy. Walter O'Brien, businessman
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I liked being CEO of Blockbuster, but my job is to put it on the bottom line for shareholders. Wayne Huizenga, businessman
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I love spreadsheets. I do all the finances. I pay the publicists. I have to compartmentalize the creative and the business, so there are sacrifices. But ultimately, I get to be the CEO of my own business. Verite, musician
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Viewed from a distance, or through the eye of the All-Knowing CEO of the Universe, the crash of 2008 followed the usual pattern. A long-lived boom driven by cheap credit, going back as far as 1982 (though subject to interruptions in the mid-1980s and 1990s, and in 2001), came to grief because of a rise in the cost of borrowing money. James Buchan, novelist
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In business, sometimes you have to change the CEO in order to change the direction of the company. Thomas Massie, politician
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You need to be the CEO of your own book. Ravi Subramanian, author
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One of our first jobs was at Saba Software. We were helping them build their products for the cloud. We wanted to build our own product and move away from consulting. We were looking for a change. The CEO of Saba introduced me to Marc Benioff. Parker Harris,
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If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns. Peter Diamandis, businessman
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My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism. Patricia Ireland, activist
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It doesn't matter what's written on a coffee mug or on a 'culture' slide; what you do as a CEO, day in and day out, and how you behave will define your company's culture. Peter Levine, businessman
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I think of a traditional CEO as being divorced from customers. A lot of consumer company CEOs - they're not really interacting with consumers. Tim Cook, businessman
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Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October. Peter Bart, editor
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As a first-time CEO, I wasn't sure if I would scale to run IronPort long-term. But I wanted a legitimate shot at it. Scott Weiss, businessman
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I think I give myself high marks being an entrepreneur and entrepreneuring a big idea about how popular social gaming could be. But I learned a lot of hard lessons on the CEO front... and do not give myself very high marks as a CEO of a large-scale company. Mark Pincus, businessman
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There is something only a CEO uniquely can do, which is set that tone, which can then capture the soul of the collective. Satya Nadella, businessman
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I just didn't want a boss. The minute you're a CEO, you have a pile of bosses, and you're working 7/24, and you're on everyone's radar all the time. Patrick Pichette, businessman
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The most important thing is, Do you have the courage to admit that you're wrong? And do you change? The most important thing to me as a CEO is that we keep the courage. Tim Cook, businessman
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In every investment, before I get involved or invest, I always see what the mindset of the founder, the CEO, is. Zaza Pachulia, baseball player
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Most companies don't have a good mechanism to give the CEO real, honest feedback. Scott Weiss, businessman
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It's easier to coach a technical founder how to be CEO and manage a business than it is to teach a professional CEO the nuances of that particular business. Peter Levine, businessman
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Everything ultimately becomes the CEO's problem, no matter where it starts. I can see why some CEOs crack under the pressure. Yishan Wong,
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President Trump, who made his name in the business world and built a brand as a successful CEO via a reality TV show that punished incompetence, was not just elected for a series of tough policy views. Kristen Soltis Anderson, writer
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