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Ceo Quotes

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

"Strategy bites back: It is a lot more, and less, than you ever imagined". Book by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce W. Ahlstrand, Joseph Lampel (p. 45), 2005.

You don't see a lot of MBAs as CEOs. The MBAs tend to get hired by the CEOs.

Mba, Ceo
"Drop Out of The System, Drop Into Success". The Dartmouth Lecture, www.ellsberg.com.

Never invest in a tech CEO that wears a suit.

"Peter Thiel Says He Never Invests In A CEO Who Wears A Suit" by Joey Cosco, www.businessinsider.com. August 6, 2014.

CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence.

Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.16, Bantam

Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.

"Apple Employees Tell the Secrets Behind Steve Jobs' 'Magic'" by Brian X. Chen, www.wired.com. May 9, 2011.

When you're young and you have money, you become the CEO, automatically, of life, of your family.

"Corey Haim's Life Mirrored Pop Culture" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. March 10, 2010.

The day I was announced as CEO, I think the stock dropped another 20%.

"Mulcahy traces steps of Xerox's comeback". Interview with Kevin Maney, usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 20, 2006.

If I were a CEO of a company and ran it like God runs the universe, I'd be fired.

Rabbi Sherwin Wine" by Lawrence Joffe, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2007.

A company does better the less it pays the CEO.

Doe, Pay, Ceo
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters (2014). “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future”, p.90, Crown Business