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“....remember, a billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be.”

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J. Paul Getty, an American industrialist, was born on December 15, 1892, and passed away on June 6, 1976. He was one of the wealthiest individuals in the world, renowned for building a vast empire in the oil and media industries. more

“Now the guy that got to the top, the CEO, would obviously be stupid to have a number two guy who was a lot smarter than he is. So by definition, since he's a survivor and he got to the top and he isn't that brilliant, his number two guy is going to always be a little worse than he is. So, as time goes on, it's anti-Darwinism, the survival of the un- fittest.”

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Author:Carl Icahn

“Innovation has never come through bureaucracy and hierarchy. It's always come from individuals.”

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Author:John Sculley

“Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you've done it.”

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Author:Cornelius Vanderbilt

“My job is to find great ideas, exaggerate them, and spread them like hell around the business with the speed of light...And to put resources in to support them. Keep finding ideas. That's the job of just about all of our CEOs.”

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Author:Jack Welch

“If you're not in Germany, you're not in Europe. And if you're not in Asia, you're nowhere.”

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Book:Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

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“What business could be mature when you have economies with more than 2 billion people in India, China and Southeast Asia?”

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Book:Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

Source: Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

“What Sam Walton did was to go into one of the most mature industries of all and find a way to make it grow, grow, grow, double-digit, month after month, year after year. He did it by innovation, customer focus, and above all, speed.”

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Author:Jack Welch

“One of the things about leadership is that you cannot be a moderate, balanced, thoughtful, careful articulator of policy. You've got to be on the lunatic fringe.”

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Book:Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

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“You can't believe how hard it is for people to be simple, how much they fear being simple. They worry that if they're simple, people will think they're simpleminded. In reality, of course, it's just the reverse. Clear, tough-minded people are the most simple.”

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Book:Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

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