Sanford I. Weill
Sanford I. Weill
Sanford I. "Sandy" Weillis an American banker, financier and philanthropist. He is a former chief executive and chairman of Citigroup. He served in those positions from 1998 until October 1, 2003, and April 18, 2006, respectively...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth16 March 1933
CountryUnited States of America
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Our company is working with Disney to create a game for children between the ages of maybe four and 12, so we can teach them what the capitalist system is all about.
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Details create the big picture.
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From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness.
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You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses.
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Learn how to be a loser, because it's important to be a loser to be a winner.
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I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.
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I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.
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I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.
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Ive been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what weve done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.
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And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.
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I think Latin has some logic to it and there was a discipline.
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The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.
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I would say that my parents were supportive of me.
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If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.