Chief executive of PepsiCo, 2006–2018
Never give up your passion for learning. And zoom out of your field before you zoom in. Some of my very best business insights have come from reading around subjects.
Recorded · Wake Forest University · 2011
Business and finance
People on the record here who work in business and finance, and what they were asked.
20 people · 40 answers
What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore?
Chairman of Tata Sons, 1991–2012
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…
Recorded · Rediff Business · 2010
Founder and executive chairperson of Biocon
One day, I spoke to him about my sense of shame. He looked me in the eyes and told me that brewing was a science; it was not about getting drunk. He did not stop there.
Recorded · Forbes India · 2009
President of Toyota Motor Corporation, 2009–2023; chairman from 2023
Don't screw it up. Don't take it for granted. Try new things, even if you're old. Do the right thing, because if you do the right thing, the money will follow. Decide what you stand for.
Recorded · Babson College (Babson Thought & Action) · 2019
Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023
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.
Recorded · Speakola · 2007
What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise?
Founder of Pallotta TeamWorks; founder of the Charity Defense Council
This is what happens when we confuse morality with frugality.
Recorded · TED · 2013
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
Most investors, of course, have not made the study of business prospects a priority in their lives.
Recorded · Berkshire Hathaway Inc. · 2014
Founder of Grameen Bank; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 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.
Recorded · The Nobel Foundation · 2006
Co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management
There are a few things I dismiss and a few I believe in thoroughly.
Recorded · Oaktree Capital Management (client memo) · 2001
Chief executive of PepsiCo, 2006–2018
In order to grasp every opportunity, you cannot — you must not — decide your "career path" in advance.
Recorded · Wake Forest University · 2011
What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong?
Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 2021; Finance Minister of Nigeria, 2003–2006 and 2011–2015
What I want to do this morning is share with you a couple of stories and talk about a different Africa.
Recorded · TED · 2007
Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
You see, researchers have coined this term "color blindness" to describe a learned behavior where we pretend that we don't notice race.
Recorded · TED · 2014
Founder of The Vanguard Group, 1974
Over the past two centuries, our nation has moved from being an agricultural economy, to a manufacturing economy, to a service economy, and now to a predominantly financial economy.
Recorded · Georgetown University / johncbogle.com · 2007
Founder and chief executive of Acumen
On the one hand, we have people that say the aid system is so broken we need to throw it out. And on the other we have people who say the problem is that we need more aid. ...
Recorded · TED · 2009
Co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management
In my opinion, the key to dealing with the future lies in knowing where you are, even if you can't know precisely where you're going.
Recorded · Oaktree Capital Management (client memo) · 2001
Chairman of Heirs Holdings and of the United Bank for Africa
I will start by stating the obvious. No one here questions whether development is desirable. No one questions the inherent need to save lives and help others by giving.
Recorded · The Tony Elumelu Foundation · 2015
Everyone here · A–Z
Akio Toyoda, Charlie Munger, Dan Pallotta, Halla Tómasdóttir, Howard Marks, Howard Schultz, Indra Nooyi, Jacqueline Novogratz, Jamie Dimon, John C. Bogle, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Mellody Hobson, Muhammad Yunus, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Ratan Tata, Ray Dalio, Ricardo Semler, Tony Elumelu, Warren Buffett, Yvon Chouinard