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Sanford I. Weill is an outstanding business leader, born on March 16, 1933. He has over fifty years of experience in the financial industry and served as the CEO of JPMorgan Chase. Weill is renowned for his contributions to financial innovation and corporate mergers, particularly the mergers of Morgan Stanley with Dean Witter, Discover & Co., and Chase Manhattan Bank with Morgan Stanley, which significantly altered the landscape of the financial industry.

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“I would say that my parents were supportive of me.”

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“The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.”

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“I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.”

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“And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.”

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“I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.”

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“I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family.”

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“Details create the big picture.”

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“I think we are a product of all our experiences.”

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“Ive been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what weve done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.”

“And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.”

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“And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.”

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“I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.”

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“From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness.”

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“What turned me on then, and turns me on even today - and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I'd still be interested in it - is that everything that happens in the world affects the price of securities.”

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“Learn how to be a loser, because it's important to be a loser to be a winner.”

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“So it's the kind of business where you can't wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what's on the news, and you know, how the world's going to change.”

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“My mother really didn't know a heck of a lot about business. She was a very good mother, that made sure we ate right and we had our cod liver oil, but didn't know a heck of a lot about what I did.”

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“One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century.”

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“I was sort of a sissy as a little kid.”

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“If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.”

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Born: March 16, 1933
Known for: Executive
Quotes: 33

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