Most CEOs think their goal is to maximize current share price. Some are well-intentioned and think this the right thing to do, while others do it...
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[The ideal turnaround CEO] is a first-time CEO between the ages of 48 and 52. They have 25 to 30 years of experience, but have never had a #1 spot....
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In many ways, we're a one-trick pony. It's just a good trick. (Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon)
These are excellent results. (Chris Gent, in Vodafone's annual report which included a record $19.8 billion loss)
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I don't have to worry about having employee morale based around the stock price and the absolutely useless drivel that may appear in Yahoo chat rooms....
"It's given new meaning to me of the scientific term black hole." - Time, Inc. CEO Don Logan when asked how much Time Inc. had spent...
Tags: failures, ceos
Two kids in a garage-that's who we're most worried about. (Christos Cotsakos was a CEO of E*Trade
The road to the Internet is paved with silicon. (Craig Barrett, former CEO of Intel)
There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere...
The supreme irony of business management is that it is far easier for an inadequate CEO to keep his job than it is for an inadequate subordinate. A...