Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Sam Wyly

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Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Samuel Evans Wyly is an American businessman and writer. He first appeared on Forbes's list of richest Americans in 2000 with a net worth of $750 million, and he remained on that list throughout 2010 with a net worth of $1 billion. His wealth stems from ownership stakes from Sterling Software and Michael's, an American art supply store. In 2010 following a series of criminal investigations, Wyly was charged with federal tax fraud by the SEC and IRS. Wyly avoided prison by paying out over $500 million in settlements and back taxes. Following his settlement with federal authorities, Wyly declared bankruptcy in 2014. Since then his daughter Christiana has married the younger brother of Elon Musk, Kimbal.

American - Businessman | Born: 1934

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In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

Sam Wyly

I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.

Sam Wyly

Al Gore is an heir to the old czars and commissars. He never saw a regulation he didn't like.

Sam Wyly

I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper.

Sam Wyly

Originally, I was in both software and in online computing. The first innovation really was sort of at that time that we're marrying the telephone and the computer so that people wouldn't have to drive to the computer center. We didn't have $1,000 computers.

Sam Wyly

I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.

Sam Wyly

I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.

Sam Wyly

I think it's good politics to beat up on big companies and rich people.

Sam Wyly

Actually, I've never thought myself as being a particularly hard worker. I've always worked, and I guess my mind is busy all the time. I've been in a lot of things just because of my own intellectual curiosity.

Sam Wyly

Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.

Sam Wyly

The purpose of a business is to create customers.

Sam Wyly

The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.

Sam Wyly

The story of the entrepreneur... is the story of forward progress, of pursuing one's dreams and goals no matter how outlandish they seem to others. The entrepreneur, like the pioneer, pushes boundaries in search of what's new, what's next. Sometimes, he brings the whole society with him, rushing forward together into a next phase of our communal human life.

Sam Wyly

Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Sam Wyly

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