Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Charlie Ergen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businessman Charlie Ergen.

Last updated on April 16, 2025.

Charles William Ergen is an American billionaire businessman. He is co-founder and chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar. He stepped down as CEO of Dish in May 2011 in favor of Joseph Clayton. Ergen resumed as CEO upon Clayton's March 2015 retirement and was CEO until December 2017, when he promoted president and COO Erik Carlson to CEO, but remains as chairman. Reuters reported that the move was effected to remove the day-to-day responsibilities of running DISH and provide more time for Ergen to build out the company's emerging wireless business. Ergen owns 48 percent of Dish and 46 percent of Echostar shares. He holds 78 percent of Dish's and 72 percent of EchoStar's total voting power.

American - Businessman | Born: 1953

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Allowing your kids to watch TV doesn't have to mean they have no choice but to see commercials for junk food and alcohol.

Charlie Ergen

Some people are averse to change, but the advertising model is going to change with or without the Hopper. What we're saying to the broadcasters is, 'There's a way for you not to put your head in the sand.'

Charlie Ergen

I care about our employees more than anybody in my company. I care about my kids, too, but that doesn't mean I give them everything that they want.

Charlie Ergen

There are only two kinds of employees that I've run across in 30 years. There are ones that get results, and ones that make excuses. If you're in that second camp, you're not going to like Dish.

Charlie Ergen

When you deal with change, you have a couple choices: you can lead it and make the rules, or you can be a fast follower, or you can be a slow follower.

Charlie Ergen

Ultimately, broadcasters and advertisers have to change the way they do business or they run the risk of linear TV becoming obsolete.

Charlie Ergen

The world is changing... I don't, as a consumer, want advertising that's not relevant. If we're going to take a side, let's take the side of the consumer.

Charlie Ergen

Blackjack is very scientific. There's always a right answer and a wrong answer. Do you take a card, increase your bet, bet big or bet small. There's absolutely a right and wrong answer.

Charlie Ergen

You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter.

Charlie Ergen

I believe it's less risky long-term to embrace change.

Charlie Ergen

I don't want to kill ads. I think advertising is great, and I'm very aware that there's multiple revenue streams in television, subscription and advertising. But I also don't want to put my head in the sand, and I think the world is changing.

Charlie Ergen

If the broadcasters were to win on their claims, they'd outlaw the DVR.

Charlie Ergen

Poker is a game where you don't have to have the best hand to win. Poker is really reading other people and reading human emotion, which certainly comes into play in business.

Charlie Ergen

People will steal it if you don't make it easy to buy it.

Charlie Ergen

The world is changing.... I don't, as a consumer, want advertising that's not relevant. If we're going to take a side let's take the side of the consumer.

Charlie Ergen

Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Charlie Ergen

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