Top 278 Shareholders Quotes & Sayings

Banks need to have large shareholders on the board that have a direct interest in their performance.

I think shareholders are the great evil of this modern world.

With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq, the tsunami in Japan, Osama bin Laden, whatever story there is. That day, the shareholders are making money off it. Every newspaper that's sold, somebody's making a dime.

The historical evidence shows that shareholders usually greatly benefit from mergers.

Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third.

I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third - ultimately that's in the best interest of customers and shareholders.

Chasing revenues that don't have good earnings doesn't help us or shareholders one lick.

In the age of activism that is clearly not going away, it would seem that some form of engagement from directors with shareholders - rather than directors simply taking their cues from management - would go a long way toward helping boards work on behalf of all shareholders rather just the most vocal.

If you have a business that isn't growing the top line, it's very hard to deliver attractive returns to shareholders.

The extravagance of any corporate office is directly proportional to management's reluctance to reward the shareholders.

WrestleMania's the accumulation of a lot of things. All the shareholders come in for all the meetings with the suits and everything.

... Our first priority should be the people who work for the companies, then the customers, then the shareholders. Because if the staff are motivated then the customers will be happy, and the shareholders will then benefit through the company's success.

We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.

When companies fail, shareholders bear the losses. It's just the way our system is supposed to work.

With management and employees on the same side of the table, your interests are aligned, and shareholders look at you as one.

We have an obligation to provide a return for our shareholders.

I am the largest shareholder in SoftBank; I share the same interest as the other shareholders.

We do not talk enough about spirit in business, yet it is what moves employees, customers, and shareholders alike.

Companies that are publicly held have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to try to maximize their profits within ethical reasons.

The British use a system where the profits a corporation reports to shareholders is what they pay taxes on. Whereas in America we require corporations to keep two sets of books, one for shareholders and one for the IRS, and the IRS records are secret. For publicly-traded companies, the British system would tend to align the interests of the government with the interests of the company because the company wants to report the biggest possible profit. Though, all wealthy countries have high taxes as wealth requires lots of common goods, from clean water to public education to a justice system.

Some shareholders believe it is all about price and a few people's pockets.

Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit.

If you were at Lehman, the same thing happened. If you were at AIG, the shareholders are getting creamed on these things. And those shareholders are not just a bunch of big shots in Wall Street. Those are pension funds, and those are investors all over the country. I wouldn't worry too much about that. Justice won't be perfect on it.

What I am saying is, all health care has a problem with costs. Medicare is growing slower than the private insurance plans. Why? Because of their efficiency. They don't have to give money to shareholders. Why should be defending shareholders?

Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that it’s none of the above. Fundamentally, businesses are responsible to their resource base. Without a healthy environment there are no shareholders, no employees, no customers and no business.

When you face the shareholders, then you can feel the heat is on you. For 20 years I got to answer to my shareholders. It's not easy.

Excessive pay and rewards for failure are bad for shareholders, the economy and society.

I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.

Is management candid with the shareholders?

Shareholders, of course, have every right to weigh in on whether (or how) they want a company to exercise political influence.

The ability to please your shareholders comes because of what you do for clients.

NFL leadership has hurt Papa John's shareholders.

It is very clear for us; we will do whatever is in the best interest of Shriram shareholders.

Altruism, especially involving basic freedoms, can be what shareholders value most.

All I'm trying to do is manage money and take care of my shareholders.

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

Being a smaller, nimbler company is better for our customers, employees and shareholders.

I liked being CEO of Blockbuster, but my job is to put it on the bottom line for shareholders.

I wear two hats. The one is business and increasing my shareholders' value; the other is social responsibility.

My shareholders expect me to make the most profit. That's the ugly, dirty truth.

As a pro-business Democrat, I understand the obligations of publicly traded companies to maximize returns to shareholders.

The days of CEOs getting rich while shareholders lose has got to end. Management must be accountable.

I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.

Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as stakeholders in the well being of society as well.

I believe Washington should be a more active participant focusing on the issue of why corporate shareholders and mutual fund shareholders are not given fair treatment by corporate management and mutual fund management. We need to develop a national standard of fiduciary duty to ensure that these agents, if you will, are adequately representing the principles - pension beneficiaries and mutual fund shareholders - whom they are duty bound to serve.

People need to understand: Businesses are going to make mistakes. They shouldn't be shot and hung every time. We should apologize for it. We should make up for it. My shareholders paid for it. No customer was hurt, which is critical to me. But I hurt my shareholders, and I wish I hadn't.

I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.

Great fit and synergism for both companies and excellent outcome for employees, customers and shareholders.

No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.

I have a responsibility to banks, to shareholders.

I would rather be responsible and accountable and help to reward the public shareholders going ahead.

Well-managed companies with independent boards have nothing to fear from activist shareholders.

Shareholders share in the downside and not necessarily in the upside; that's the whole story.

Charities must treat donors as if they were shareholders.

A lot of people love Oreos. So their manufacturer is making money. That means more dividends for shareholders.

Shareholders are sort of like cats; they get herded around, and they follow the leader. With the exception of a few activist shareholders, there are a very rare number of big, important, influential shareholders that like to step up and say there's a problem here, especially when they're making money.

We like our current shareholders and don't want to entice anyone to become one. It would help current shareholders to hear our CEOs [of the Berkshireoperating subsidiaries], but we promised them they could spend 100% of their time on their business. We place no impediments on them running their businesses. Many have expressed to me how happy they are that they don't have to spend 25% of time on activities they didn't like.

Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

My fans are definitely my shareholders, and I'm extremely thankful for them.

I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.