Business Magnate Quotes

J. P. Morgan. He was kind of a douche.

There was a guy by the name of Charles Schwab: actually, Charles M. Schwab. I read a lot about him, and I always hoped I was related, but I wasn't. He was a steel magnate. He worked for J.P. Morgan; then he started Bethlehem Steel. But he had no children, unfortunately, and it turned out I wasn't a relative.

Donald Trump has been both a peculiar and characteristic American figure for more than three decades. Inheriting a small New York real-estate development company from his father, he parlayed it not so much into a big real-estate company, but himself into a fantasy of a big real-estate developer.

After my death, I want to be remembered as Africa's greatest industrialist.

Onassis told me. He begged me to come to the wedding.

It was no mystery why Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold had singled me out as a prime prospect for their heinous crime. My grandfather, Julius Rosenwald, was the chairman of the board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. His prominence made me an ideal choice.

I never knew Steve Jobs. I met him once, but I never knew him. But growing up in the Silicon Valley, he was the hero. He was the guy.

I'm a minnow compared to Caring with all his restaurants and clubs, and good luck to him. I've met him a couple of times. I've got no personal rancour against Richard Caring at all.

I'm not a billionaire, and I'm not a mogul.

Henry Ford, who despite his immense wealth never owned a Cadillac. Never got a dinner!

Kumar Mangalam Birla is one of the most respected business persons.

I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.

I'm not a mogul; I'm a tycoon.

I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.

One day about 10 years ago the door to my office opened and who walked in but Bill Gates.... Seemed like a nice guy and has done more with his money than most billionaires. But that's as far as I want to go being kind to Bill Gates.

Vijay Mallya is a star, not an actor. Anybody who lives a lifestyle of that kind, is a star.