Eli Broad
Eli Broad
Eli L. Broadis an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the only person to build two Fortune 500 companies in different industries. As of October 2015, Forbes ranked Broad the 65th wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 June 1933
CountryUnited States of America
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Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.
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Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.
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Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.
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One, Andrew Carnegie said, ‘He who dies with wealth dies in shame.’ And someone once said, ‘He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.’
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You always learn lessons in business.
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How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook.
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People always say congratulations. When you're a successful bidder it means you're willing to spend more money than anyone else. I'm not sure if that's congratulations or condolences.
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I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.
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Ideas, more than money, are really the currency for success.
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At a time when all the other builders were selling homes with basements but without carports, we would sell homes without basements and with carports. This allowed us to provide a more appealing product at a lower price. In other words, we felt we would be giving customers greater value.
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The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.
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The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.
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Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.
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For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: how can we provide value to our customers? At the end of the day, that is what matters.