“Clearly, as a CEO, you have other functions that are managed by other people.”
“I hadn’t grown up always aspiring to be a CEO.”
“When I became the CEO of Burberry in July 2006, luxury was one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world.”
“The day I was announced as CEO, I think the stock dropped another 20%.”
“It’s very easy to criticize the CEO of the market leader.”
“Yahoo is a great company, and anyone should be proud to be CEO.”
“I joined the board of Etsy when it was just three founders, and I helped recruit the COO and CTO, Chad Dickerson, who later became the CEO.”
“I didn’t aspire to be the CEO of Deloitte, but I aspired to be a leader in Deloitte.”
“You’re supposed to have a passionate purpose as a CEO.”
“I’ve been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I’ve never really been a CEO.”
“Paul Otellini, the former CEO of Intel, I worked with while I was still with VMware. I knew Ram Shriram through the tech industry.”
“No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that.”
“I’m not a millionaire, a billionaire, a CEO, or a movie star.”
“Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.”
“It’s important for a CEO to feel lucky.”
“I’m a CEO of a public company. You have to show decorum.”
“I will never be a CEO again.”
“When I became CEO, Puma was bankrupt on paper.”
“Culture is what happens when the CEO isn’t in the room.”
“I hated being a public company CEO.”
“What I’ve realized is most leaders cannot reinvent themselves at the CEO level or at the operational level.”
“Most novelists are narcissistic egomaniacs who would probably fit somewhere on the CEO spectrum.”
“When times are good, a CEO should remain poised and composed. When times are difficult, a CEO should remain poised and composed.”
“Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.”
“I learned a lesson that I don’t ever want to be a CEO.”
“I met the CEO of Twitter.”
“I’ve signed many documents as president and CEO as required by law. I signed every single document that we were required to file – every single one of them.”
“Strategy is not really a solo sport – even If you’re the CEO.”
“The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.”
“I was the CEO of Justin.tv, and my cofounders were senior engineers there. We came up with the idea at Justin.tv in the fall of 2010.”
“I do not want to be a long-term CEO.”
“I’m not going out there screaming, ‘I’m CEO! I’m CEO!’ That’s not the way to do it.”
“If you’re the CEO of a publicly traded company, you’re worried about quarterly returns.”
“I do believe I have certain strengths as a female CEO, such as having another level of awareness through emotional intelligence.”
“When you’re the CEO, you take responsibility.”
“On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I ‘step aside’ as CEO of GM, and so I have.”
“I highly appreciate the work of Ed Woodward, the CEO of Manchester United.”
“An approachable and authentic CEO is essential to fostering a high-performance, open communications culture.”
“As a first-time CEO, I wasn’t sure if I would scale to run IronPort long-term. But I wanted a legitimate shot at it.”
“In large companies, the CEO is very distant from operations.”
“I don’t think everyone wants to be a CEO.”
“That is exactly what Mr. Trump is: The working man and woman’s CEO.”
“One of the first acts during the second coming of Steve Jobs as CEO in 1997 was a major board overhaul.”
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