Quotes About CEO

I've heard from CEOs of major corporations and members of Congress talk about their spouses getting mad at them when they're home because they're spaced out and thinking about work. It's so easy for all of us to have our mind on the last meeting or the next one.

My role is really just to try to make sure that the voice of all shareholders and employees is heard - that no one is bullying their agenda, their choice of a CEO, or their selection of who should be the board members. Benchmark, I believe, has been pushing their agenda at the expense of those stakeholders.

As CEO, I had a standing 30-minute meeting every Monday to greet and connect with new hires.

What are all the experiences and problems that I have to learn about and master so that what comes out at the other end is somebody who is ready and capable of becoming a successful CEO?

We called the CEO of Apple to see if there was anything they could do to help us. We expected him to say no like usual, but that didn't happen. It turns out that when they're losing a billion dollars a day and thinking they might starve to death, they suddenly remember the back door they built into their encryption.

Drawing upon my days as a litigation attorney, I told Anna that cases and confrontational situations are "won on facts": "Stick to the facts. Lay out the facts with suggested solutions in plain and simple terms and in a calm voice, which would win over some board members and, in time, your CEO and COO.

There is something only a CEO uniquely can do, which is set that tone, which can then capture the soul of the collective.

If somehow a proclamation were made that C.E.O.'s could only make a maximum of $300,000 a year, you would not have any shortage of very qualified men and women seeking the jobs.

The shining star in the world is Shanghai. That's what CEOs from big companies say - 'if I want mathematical analytical work done, it's done in China.'

In the fall of the year 2000, there just happened to be a decision point when they asked me to become Chief Executive Officer of the company. It was a time when, as you remember, we were starting to have some real problems in the California energy markets.

The first step in changing a culture, I believe, starts with the senior leadership team - and with the CEO.

Nvidia's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, is an engineer and a chip designer. He cofounded Nvidia and still runs it like a startup.

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.

Feminism is being able to have the choice - the choice to be a CEO, to be an executive, to be a journalist, to be a congresswoman, to be a mother, a stay-at-home mother, to be a wife.

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.

I think there's few cases in history where the C.E.O. steps down and is also the founder and reports to someone and that works.

I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.

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.

Succeeded Eisner as Disney CEO in 2005. JONATHAN "JONY" IVE. Chief designer

Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute

NeXT and making Jobs its CEO. In the spoof Mike Markkula asked Jobs, "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling UNIX with a sugarcoating, or change the world?" Jobs responded, "Because I'm now a father, I needed a steadier source of income." The release noted that "because of his experience at Next, he is expected to bring

ROBERT IGER. Succeeded Eisner as Disney CEO in 2005.

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