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I liked being CEO of Blockbuster, but my job is to put it on the bottom line for shareholders.
No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
Some CEO's feel like if the 'opt out of social' they are somehow protected. That is just crazy.
We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.
When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
Most novelists are narcissistic egomaniacs who would probably fit somewhere on the CEO spectrum.
Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company.
There's one thing a CEO should always keep at the front of their mind, and that's customer needs.
Having a CEO, having that person run a news corporation who's female, is already a talking point.
You're doing a major merger, you got to hope you didn't get it wrong. That's the view of any CEO.
When you're young and you have money, you become the CEO, automatically, of life, of your family.
I tend to think that free-market conservative principles are the best ones for the CEO of a state.
A lot of people say that I'm an activist CEO. I just think I'm a responsible leader of a business.
Evaluate the people in your life; then promote, demote, or terminate. You're the CEO of your life!
In business, sometimes you have to change the CEO in order to change the direction of the company.
When you have a CEO who is an ex-CMO, that is going to put the marketing tool kit front and center.
Don't be afraid to let someone go if it's not working. You're not a bad boss. You're not a bad CEO.
The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life.
I've been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want - and the one that I'm best at.
As the CEO of a global company I think countries are foregoing opportunities by having cabotage rules.
As CEO of Unilever, my personal mission is to galvanize our company to be an effective force for good.
One of the first acts during the second coming of Steve Jobs as CEO in 1997 was a major board overhaul.
For the longest time, I just felt like I had to be really, really harsh to be taken seriously as a CEO.
I dreamt of running my own business even as a kid, but if not a CEO, I would have probably been a pilot.
I have always been very tech-focused, which you may almost say is the traditional CEO in Silicon Valley.
Is there a bigger hypocrite than Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the CEO of 'Lords Bank?'
As a female founder and CEO, it is important to me to support other women as they build their businesses.
Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired.
I want to transform state government. What it takes is a strong CEO type... a leader who can drive things.
A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997.
When I became the CEO of Burberry in July 2006, luxury was one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world.
CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence.
At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
The first step in changing a culture, I believe, starts with the senior leadership team - and with the CEO.
What I've realized is most leaders cannot reinvent themselves at the CEO level or at the operational level.
To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor.
For me, I may have titles like CEO, director or vice chairman but the best title for me is 'working mother.'
An approachable and authentic CEO is essential to fostering a high-performance, open communications culture.
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.
Being CEO of AMD is a tremendous opportunity to influence the industry and influence the future of computing.
I already have a job and being the CEO of Nvidia is a great privilege. It is once in a life time opportunity.
I'm known as the ankle bully, and I'm the CEO of it because I've made a lot of people fall during my lifetime.
As co-founder and CEO of an AI company, I am used to there not being many women in the room, especially in AI.
I'm not an entrepreneur. I'm not a CEO. I'm a nerdy computer programmer who likes to have opinions on Twitter.
It's important to understand the compensation equation that a CEO and a founder has with his or her employees.
In every investment, before I get involved or invest, I always see what the mindset of the founder, the CEO, is.
I took on the role of CEO, which involves directing the Management Team and overall day-to-day operations of 500.
It turns out that if you're a 24-year-old whose only line on their resume says CEO, you are totally unemployable.
There's nothing about Lynn Good at age 30 or age 35 that would have said, 'I am setting my sights on being a CEO.'