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

CEOs are paid for doing a terrible job. If the system wasn't so messed up, guys like me wouldn't make this kind of money.

I have to look out for the shareholder’s interests, and I’m the largest shareholder.

Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.

I can tell you how bad our boards are... I don't have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just go to the board meetings.

We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.

When friends and acquaintances are telling you [that] you are a genius, before you accept their opinion, take a moment to remember what you always thought of their opinions in the past.