Ajay Piramal Quotes

I have not been a believer of point guidance. It really limits your flexibility to do what you want. It leads to behavior that is not supportive of long-term shareholder value.

One of my major objectives is to build a long-term enterprise, to build shareholder value over time.

Good shareholder activists have incredible interest in the company because they own a lot of it.

Every public company depends to some extent on the trust of its investors.

Banks are run by executives, and executives protect themselves, and that does not always mean that banks are going to behave rationally.

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

When you manage your company for long-term shareholders, and you manage the company for clients, two of the biggest stakeholders, you will make the right decisions.

Companies that are publicly held have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to try to maximize their profits within ethical reasons.

My shareholders expect me to make the most profit. That's the ugly, dirty truth.

I want to make sure our company is in good hands: that it will be good for the country, for the stockholders.

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

I would rather be responsible and accountable and help to reward the public shareholders going ahead.

We absolutely take no decisions based on the share price, not for LVMH.

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.

Our responsibility is to maximise shareholder value, and if that means we can make short-term investment where we can maximise short-term value, we can do that.

By doing what they must do to keep their margins strong and their stock price healthy, every company paves the way for its own disruption.

It has always been clear that The Washington Post is a company that is set up for the purpose of protecting the long-term interests of its assets and held together as a holding company.

If a company is profitable, the founder is in control. If it's not, investors are in control.

The ultimate arbiters of the models of banking and the management of banking are the investors. It's the shareholders.

You go to any MBA program, and you will be taught the theory of the firm, that the purpose of the firm is the maximization of return on invested capital. I always thought this was a kind of lunacy.

When the value of the company clearly has fallen below what its assets are worth, having a shareholder who says, 'Let's get a better board' can be helpful.

If we take care of the business and keep our eye on the goal line, the stock price will take care of itself.

I have a business to run and stockholders to think about.

I'm going to continue doing my thing and work my butt off to add value for shareholders and as long as they and the board see fit to keep me in this role, I feel enormously privileged to serve.