Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businessman William E. Conway, Jr..
Last updated on December 19, 2024.
William E. "Bill" Conway Jr. is an American billionaire businessman, investor and philanthropist. Conway serves as Co-Executive Chairman of the Board, Founder of the Carlyle Group. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Johns Hopkins Medicine and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic University of America. According to Forbes, Conway had a net worth of US$3.6 billion as of April 2022.
Until a person has a home, they are always going to be dependent upon the system.
I want to give away the money. I don't want to die with it. I want the money to be used well.
More effective than giving away half my fortune before I die is finding a way to help people have a good-paying job.
Generally, I have a strong interest in trying to help people who are maybe not as lucky as I am. I've been well rewarded in this world. I'm more worried about the next one.
If everybody who was in the Forbes 400 said they were going to create 10,000 jobs, by my mathematics, that would be 4 million jobs.
If I'm going to create 1,000 jobs, or 10,000 jobs, or whatever the number is, wouldn't we all be better off?
The assets you want to buy are the ones people have to sell.
I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and I am going to give away every penny before I die.
There is no reason, in the capital city of the richest country in the world, for anybody to be hungry.
No tame animal has lost less of its native dignity or maintained more of its ancient reserve. The domestic cat might rebel tomorrow.
The most effective way to improve productivity is to eliminate work.