Charles Schwab Quotes


Let’s put some lipstick on this pig.


Context

Other brokers were very distressed with this ad feeling that Schwab was appearing to be “holier than thou.” The reality was that Schwab’s firm didn’t make the kinds of deals of other brokers and so actually behaved “holier” than most.


Citations

Charles Schwab, Stock Broker, Advertisement attacking the practice of much of the securities industry of hyping poor or mediocre stocks to the market place, 2002

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Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab
  • Born: July 29, 1937
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Businessman

Charles Robert Schwab is an American investor and financial executive. He is the founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation. He pioneered discount sales of equity securities starting in 1975. His company became by far the largest discount securities dealer in the United States. He retired as CEO in 2008, but remains chairman and is the largest shareholder.