Lauren Conrad Quotes

In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company.

When I graduate, I will either run a division of a company... or I'll get funding for my own company.

I am the CEO of HCL Corporation, and, of course, a large part of my time does get spent in HCL Corporation, whether it is in actively managing our investments or perhaps even the governance and accountability and really seeing the strategic direction forward for HCL Corporation.

I didn't aspire to be the CEO of Deloitte, but I aspired to be a leader in Deloitte.

Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top.

Nobody is actually a natural C.E.O.

I hadn't grown up always aspiring to be a CEO.

I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

I would much rather be your assistant in the Philippines …. than be Vice-President.

I don't think everyone wants to be a CEO.

As an engineer by training, turning down the offer - getting to lead Ericsson, one of Sweden's greatest companies - is impossible.

If you can run one company, you can run another. Running companies are about inspiring and driving the best out of people.

Being a president is being a CEO, essentially.

You don't characterize CEOs as dealmakers or in any one particular area. An important characteristic of a CEO is leader. That's probably the most important characteristic.

Even when I take the path to go be a CEO for a month, or a CEO for a day- music is still there. It’s an extremely important part of what I am.

Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by making very motivational speeches and by providing independent income for women who otherwise would have to be maids and sharecroppers.

I would like to have a managerial career as a director.

It doesn't bother me what division I am managing in.

Depending on the level you're at in your company, the higher you go up in rank, usually the longer you can dance.

If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy.

It is not often that one of the world's best entrepreneurs rings you up and says 'I've got this business we are about to float off as an independent company and we'd like you to be chief executive.'

To be the best CEO you can be, you have to be passionate about the business you're running. And I have true passion for the financial markets and the financial industry.

I am honored to join the Under Armour Board, and look forward to seeing how a founder and CEO operates a dynamic and fast-growing company known for innovation and its competitive edge.