Edward Lampert
Edward Lampert
Edward Scott Lampert is an American businessman and investor. He is the chairman and CEO of Sears Holdingsand founder, chairman, and CEO of ESL Investments. Until May 2007 he was a director of AutoNation, Inc. He previously served as a director of AutoZone, Inc. from July 1999 to October 2006...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 July 1962
CountryUnited States of America
Edward Lampert quotes about
want great-business businessman
I want to be known as a great businessman,
years two want
If we put a product into Sears, we don't want to have to pull it out in a year, or two years, or three years. We don't want to do that only to have it yanked away.
strong home skills
To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowes, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.
opportunity thinking ideas
This idea of anticipation is key to investing and to business generally. You can't wait for an opportunity to become obvious. You have to think, "Here's what other people and companies have done under certain circumstances. Now, under these new circumstances, how is this management likely to behave?"
important exit strategy
The entrance strategy is actually more important than the exit strategy,