A Quote by Peter Drucker

The final test of greatness in a CEO is how well he chooses a successor and whether he can step aside and let the successor run the company.

Peter Drucker

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Peter Drucker
American - Businessman
November 19, 1909 - November 11, 2005

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.

Denis Diderot

1. 0 is a number. 2. The immediate successor of a number is also a number. 3. 0 is not the immediate successor of any number. 4. No two numbers have the same immediate successor. 5. Any property belonging to 0 and to the immediate successor of any number that also has that property belongs to all numbers.

Giuseppe Peano

In the case of the Nintendo 3DS, it's supposed to be the successor to Nintendo DS. As soon as the development of the original Nintendo DS was over, we started working on the successor to it.

Satoru Iwata

The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him.

Garry Kasparov

The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.

Simon Schama

I have been asked whether I wish to nominate a successor, an inheritor, a dauphin or delfino. I have decided to name Christopher Hitchens.

Gore Vidal

Step aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a mutterin' mole or a befuddled badger!

Brian Jacques

I knew my successor would be better than me for the next stage of the company's life. And it was a relief - I'd been doing it for 30 years. My only worry was what the hell I was going to do with my time.

Peter Hargreaves

There is no success without a successor.

John C. Maxwell

I don't want to interfere with my successor's presidency.

George W. Bush

Every epoch dreams its successor.

Jules Michelet

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Who my successor is will be up to the board, not me.

Sergio Marchionne

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

The CEO is, by far, the most important decision for a company... The company is going to rise and fall with the CEO.

Carl Icahn

At the end of the day, the Irvine Co. is slowly being transformed. Our long-term goal is to transform what was once an agricultural company to a development company, and to that, the next, final step is to create a large real estate investment company.

Donald Bren

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