Shareholders Quotes - Page 2

• I think shareholders are the great evil of this modern world.

  Chris Martin

  Thinking, Evil, World

  "Coldplay's frontman turns on 'evil' shareholders". www.independent.co.uk. May 18, 2005.

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• Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders.

  Richard Branson

  Loyal Customers, Aviation, Employee

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• I sometimes wonder how some people can live with themselves in some of the big companies today. So many far-reaching decisions are based on how they will affect the next shareholders' meeting.

  Jane Goodall

  People, Decision, Today

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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• Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third.

  Jack Ma

  Firsts, Employee, Thirds

  "11 Things Billionaires Can Teach You About Small Business" by Helen Callier, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2017.

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• A lot of people love Oreos. So their manufacturer is making money. That means more dividends for shareholders.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Money, Mean, People

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• The Congress is not willing to think about the long term. They act like activist shareholders, to use that phrase again. They're not thinking about what can we do that will make us richer, safer, and stronger next year, and the year after, and five and 10 years out.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Years, Long

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• We believe that there is no greater power in the world than the force of a great idea. We believe that people are the lifeblood of every organization. We believe that the best companies are true meritocracies, where people rise and fall through their own contributions, not through game playing or politics. We believe that work isn't simply a paycheck; it is the ultimate expression of a fully realized self. We believe that a company's obligations extend far beyond its bottom line and its shareholders - to a wider constituency that includes employees, customers, suppliers, and the community.

  John A. Byrne

  Business, Believe, Fall

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• In our search for more, we have blinded ourselves to our personal responsibility for challenging these absurdities. A resource-based society considers us all equal shareholders of Earth. We are responsible both for the planet and for our relationship with each other.

  Jacque Fresco

  Responsibility, Challenges, Earth

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• I have to look out for the shareholder’s interests, and I’m the largest shareholder.

  Carl Icahn

  Looks, Interest

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• Is management candid with the shareholders?

  Warren Buffett

  Investing, Management, Candid

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• What I am saying is, all health care has a problem with costs. Medicare is growing slower than the private insurance plans. Why? Because of their efficiency. They don't have to give money to shareholders. Why should be defending shareholders?

  Anthony Weiner

  Money, Giving, Cost

  "Rep. Weiner Says Medicare Is Holding Down Costs Better Than Private Plans". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. November 25, 2009.

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• I'm not an insider. I'm not on the board. I'm an outsider. That implies a certain kind of separation ... because the company can't, without an appropriate nondisclosure and trading rules, share confidential data with me that it would not share with any other shareholder. You could say that implies a certain kind of separation.

  Steve Ballmer

  Data, Outsiders, Boards

  "Steve Ballmer talks about the current state of Microsoft, his Twitter investment, and how sports tech can help the Clippers". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. February 6, 2016.

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• We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served - as shareholders and in all other ways - by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains. This is an important aspect of our culture and is broadly shared within the company.

  Larry Page

  Business, Believe, Long

  "Google tax avoidance is 'wrong', insists Ed Miliband" by Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2013.

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• The total amount paid out in dividends is roughly equal to the amount lost in trading and investment advice, so net dividends to shareholders are zero. This is a very peculiar way to run a republic.

  Charlie Munger

  Running, Zero, Advice

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• For many of our shareholders, our stock is all they own, and we're acutely aware of that. Our culture [of conservatism] runs pretty deep.

  Charlie Munger

  Running, Culture, Conservatism

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• Dhirubhai will go one day. But Reliance's employees and shareholders will keep it afloat. Reliance is now a concept in which the Ambanis have become irrelevant.

  Dhirubhai Ambani

  One Day, Employee, Reliance

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• I meet with Satya [Nadella] what probably amounts to four or five times a year - either to brainstorm something or just as a shareholder, we'll sit down and chat. That's always quite helpful for me and hopefully him in terms of thinking things through. I still have a number of friends and colleagues who occasionally want to brainstorm or chat about something, and that's always fun.

  Steve Ballmer

  Fun, Thinking, Numbers

  "Steve Ballmer talks about the current state of Microsoft, his Twitter investment, and how sports tech can help the Clippers". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. February 6, 2016.

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• I believe corporations that benefit from everything America has to offer should feel (ph) some sense of responsibility, not just to their biggest shareholders, but to their workers, to their customers, to their communities and, yes, to our country.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Believe, Responsibility

  Source: time.com

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• Why not stakeholder action? There's no economic principal that says that management should be responsive to shareholders, in fact you can read in texts of business economics that they could just as well have a system in which the management is responsible to stakeholders.

  Noam Chomsky

  Why Not, Facts, Action

  "Noam Chomsky on America's Economic Suicide". Interview with Laura Flanders / GRITtv, www.alternet.org. May 4, 2012.

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• As a shareholder I have expressed my frustration with not getting more information about revenue and margins from the cloud.

  Steve Ballmer

  Frustration, Clouds, Information

  "Steve Ballmer talks about the current state of Microsoft, his Twitter investment, and how sports tech can help the Clippers". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. February 6, 2016.

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• I think corporations should give more attention to this suffering and should wait to invest until there is a responsible government in Burma. I do not think it is a good idea to separate economics from politics; in fact, I do not think economics can be separated from politics It's quite understandable that many business concerns think only about their own profits It's up to the public to put as much pressure as it can on these companies, through shareholder resolutions and public actions.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Thinking, Ideas, Responsible Government

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• I'm a shareholder in Microsoft Corp. of some size, and while I don't work for the place anymore, I think a lot about that investment, how - as an outsider - might I add value or not add value? Do I believe that things are headed in a good direction? So I wouldn't say I spend the majority of my time on that, but I spend some time on that as well.

  Steve Ballmer

  Believe, Thinking, Might

  "Steve Ballmer talks about the current state of Microsoft, his Twitter investment, and how sports tech can help the Clippers". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. February 6, 2016.

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• People need to understand: Businesses are going to make mistakes. They shouldn't be shot and hung every time. We should apologize for it. We should make up for it. My shareholders paid for it. No customer was hurt, which is critical to me. But I hurt my shareholders, and I wish I hadn't.

  Jamie Dimon

  Hurt, Mistake, People

  "Jamie Dimon on Finance: 'Who Owns the Future?'". Interview with John Micklethwait, www.bloomberg.com. March 1, 2016.

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• I've always wanted to help build a better society and build a better company, and I always wanted a healthy, vibrant company, a healthy, vibrant society. We take care of our people, we provide them with opportunity. But I've always believed business is here to serve your clients, your shareholders, your communities. If we do this well, everyone benefits. We have to do a good job for all of them.

  Jamie Dimon

  Jobs, Opportunity, People

  "Jamie Dimon on Finance: 'Who Owns the Future?'". Interview with John Micklethwait, www.bloomberg.com. March 1, 2016.

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• Legacy doesn't mean a lot because once you have left, even if you are one of the biggest individual shareholders it only means [a small amount of influence]. But it's something I'm very pleased about.

  Maurice Levy

  Mean, Legacy, Influence

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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