People on the record here who work in business and finance, and what they were asked.
11 people · 286 answers
President of Toyota Motor Corporation, 2009–2023; chairman from 2023
Recorded · Babson College (Babson Thought & Action) · 2019
Even I can't predict what kind of car we will be driving 20 years from now, but my time at Babson taught me to embrace change rather than run from it, and I urge all of you to do the same.
Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
Recorded · Center for Strategic and International Studies · 2024
I told our Ariel team, we are not going to limp out of COVID. We're going to slingshot out of COVID.
Founder of Bridgewater Associates
Recorded · TED · 2017
I gained a humility that I needed in order to balance my audacity.
Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023
Recorded · Speakola · 2007
Luckily, I got at a very early age the idea that the safest way to try and get what you want is to try and deserve what you want. It's such a simple idea. It's the golden rule so to speak.
Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
Recorded · NPR · 2007
I'd say be just like you. I once had someone tell me that I don't remind them of anyone that they ever met. And I took that as a huge compliment, which meant I was original.
Financier; co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Recorded · Academy of Achievement · 1991
When I went through school, I was in a hurry. I was an economics major as an undergraduate, and I was a finance major in graduate school.
Chairman of Tata Sons, 1991–2012
Recorded · Rediff Business · 2010
I would hope that most of you will in fact strive for leadership in a principled manner with values, because that would be the foundation that this country needs to have if it is to take…
Founder and long-serving chairman of FedEx Corporation
Recorded · Academy of Achievement · 1998
The most important piece of advice that I could give them is to take advantage of the tremendous reservoir of knowledge that’s out there today.
Businessman and investor; chairman of Grupo Carso and América Móvil
Recorded · Academy of Achievement · 2007
The first thing to recommend is that they don’t work in some place that they don’t like, that they don’t do things that they don’t like.
Chief executive of PepsiCo, 2006–2018
Recorded · Wake Forest University · 2011
In order to grasp every opportunity, you cannot — you must not — decide your "career path" in advance.
Founder of Grameen Bank; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2006
Recorded · The Nobel Foundation · 2006
I am in favor of strengthening the freedom of the market. At the same time, I am very unhappy about the conceptual restrictions imposed on the players in the market.
Co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management
Recorded · Oaktree Capital Management (client memo) · 2001
There are a few things I dismiss and a few I believe in thoroughly.
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
Recorded · Berkshire Hathaway Inc. · 2014
Most investors, of course, have not made the study of business prospects a priority in their lives.
Founder of Pallotta TeamWorks; founder of the Charity Defense Council
Recorded · TED · 2013
This is what happens when we confuse morality with frugality.
Bobbi Brown, Bozoma Saint John, Charlie Munger, Derek Sivers, Douglas Stuart, Gino D'Acampo, Julien Macdonald, Katharine Hamnett, Mellody Hobson, Nadiya Hussain, Warren Buffett