Quotes tagged ‘CEO’

“Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has launched an investigation into claims that its former CEO Mike Jeffries sexually exploited men at lavish parties hosted around the world.”

— Emily Olson, npr.org

“She's the first African-American woman to lead an NBA team and says she better not be the last. More than a year after being tapped as CEO of the embattled Dallas Mavericks, Cynthia Marshall says she has turned around the organization's culture and has greatly diversified its top ranks.”

— Haley Draznin, CNN Business, cnn.com

“I didn’t want to be a CEO. I didn’t want to be an entrepreneur. I wanted to create stuff.”

— Jack Dorsey, rollingstone.com

“Thorny: [upon seeing Farva in a local cop uniform] What the fuck, Farva? Captain O'Hagan: What are you doing wearing that uniform in my station? Farva: Looks who's talking 'Denim Dan'! You look like the President and CEO of Levi-Strauss!”

— Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske, Farva, Kevin Heffernan, imdb.com

“Every CEO on the planet knows that people are important, but not enough put their people first, - a little rant.”

— Simon Sinek, twitter.com

“CEO asks the VP: ‘ Hey, have you been boning my new secretary? VP says: ‘No!’. CEO: ‘Good, then YOU fire her.'”

— mapsmail999, reddit.com