Stephen Pagliuca
Stephen Pagliuca
Stephen Pagliucais an American private equity investor, co-chairman of Bain Capital, and co-owner of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth16 January 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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Boston is really a small town, and the pro sports here are almost like a college sport.
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Jobs have to be created on the ground, one at a time. This requires detailed plans and specific policies.
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I was an international tax specialist. Yeah, I was an international man of mystery and tax specialist.
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I think business, government and unions have to work together, and the common enemies to the global economy. We're being beaten by the global economy, and we've got to unite together to win.
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Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better than Joe Biden to give us a little hyperbole, as we all know.
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My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day's work.
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The whole tax code should be looked at, all the way from farm subsidies to carried interest to - to corporate loopholes, because we really need to raise more revenue.
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Instead of being a teacher, I got a job with a company called Bain & Co., consulting firm, and they taught me how to build businesses.
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I'm a Democrat, and I think people who meet me will realize I'm a Democrat. I have progressive Democratic values.
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One place I haven't made it to - mainly because it's so far away - is Australia, so I'd love to go there. I've heard great things about Australia and New Zealand.
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As a father of four, I want our children to enjoy the freedoms and opportunities that are the fruit of progressive values.
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A lot of NBA owners sit at the midcourt. But we love being under the basket and seeing the players.
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I was going to get a degree in economics and be a teacher. But I couldn't afford to pay for the education. So I just got the MBA and not the doctorate. I loved it at Bain, and I've been there ever since.
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We really wake up every day trying to build businesses. That is the goal of private equity. It's a misnomer out there that private equity profits by shrinking companies. In fact, it's just the opposite. Private equity creates value by growing great companies.