David Tepper Quotes

The NBA is going to do what they want to do. They're going to do what's best for them; not what's best for us.

Apple is happy to allow users more control over their devices as long as it also happens to benefit Apple. If it doesn't, then tough.

[Corporate] takeovers are for the public good, but that's not why I do it. I do it to make money.

I think every company has its own unique approach to creating shareholder value.

The fans have to realize that as opinionated as y'all are in the way you want it, the company is the same way, and they're gonna do what they wanna do... at the end of the day, I'm just a guy getting rich.

HCL is a corporation. It is for profits. A corporation stands for its shareholders, its profits, its employees, its discoveries, and its customers.

WWE always thinks in a business mindset.

Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.

I feel very good about our business and the speed at which we are executing our strategy to drive differentiation for Accenture and accelerate our rotation to The New.

There's certain circumstances, there's certain situations, there's certain decisions that have to be made based upon the business and you can't take that personal.

Most companies are out to make money. They aren't worried about anything except whether they can buy their new BMW next month.

Corporations, like nations, do not have friends. They have interests.

Creative tension is constructive. Its purpose is to bring out the very best in management so that senior executives can generate the greatest value for shareholders, stakeholders, and society at large.

I'm going to make the best decision for me, and I believe teams are going to do the same thing.

My focus has always been very much on what we're doing at Red Bull. We can't control what others do. It's not our business.

If I do a campaign, I'm going to do it my way.

The label does what's good for the label. Always.

When I was still settling into being a CEO, I wasted a lot of time driving initiatives designed to please others, acting as if someone wouldn't let me do what I wanted to do with Redfin.

It would be troubling if everything is determined by whether profits will be made within five to six years.

The Dabo people are consumer marketing geniuses. This is exactly why we acquired them.

There is still too much pressure on short-termism in terms of the drivers of success.

I have long believed the corporate world is plagued by poor capital allocation decisions.

Too many companies are running their business into the ground, I would argue, by being myopically short-term focused on the shareholder.

Creativity should be balanced with commercial interests.

When something becomes a business, 50% of your decisions are what you have to do and not what you want to do.