Jamie Dimon Quotes

Travelex has grown into a global business in just 25 years. The acquisition of Thomas Cook's Global & Financial Services has created a business that would have had a combined turnover of U.S. $28.4 billion in 2000.

In my world, historical revenue is the least interesting thing to consider in an acquisition strategy.

Mergers and acquisitions, we are always looking for that.

There are black companies that are very active in the economy, that are growing and not on the basis of mergers and acquisitions, but because of putting new money into their particular companies and, therefore, their particular sectors. Indeed, if they didn't do that, they would collapse as companies.

Goodrich was the biggest acquisition in the history of aerospace.

Towards the end of 2005, Ineos acquired Innovene, the petrochemicals arm of BP, for $9 billion. It quadrupled the size of Ineos overnight and brought with it some of the world's largest industrial sites.

The big companies are the private industry. But they're faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term.

It's basic due diligence to make sure that whenever a foreign entity acquires a controlling interest in a U.S. company that national security isn't threatened.

Typical mergers happen when there are two competitors coming together, and they reduce overhead.

If you're thinking of acquiring a company and want to keep it a secret, tell everyone in the company; let them all in on the truth. Say, 'Listen, if this gets out, we'll probably lose the deal, so we're all in this together.'

But I think we need the international market.

Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple floundering businesses that are rolled into a single entity, eliminating duplicative overhead.

If the founders of a start-up are considering selling it, I'd advise them to consider the synergies. Could the buyer give you access to something you don't have now, like a certain technology? Would it make your life easier? Are you looking for a change? Things will change, so you have to be ready for that.

How do you make money? Spinoffs, split-ups, liquidations, mergers and acquisitions.

When you are buying companies, everyone in the company feels very good. Their chests are puffed out. At Blackstone, I used to tell people that there is nothing more fun than buying a company with somebody else's money. The business is growing, which creates more opportunity for your employees.

Big companies such as Google and Facebook buy startups at ridiculously high prices - not for their products, but for their people.

U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.

I hope to buy brands and businesses globally.

We get talent and scale from mergers.

When I look at how the banking world has changed and at the role Chinese banks, for example, play today, Germany, as an export-oriented economy, should be pleased to have a major global player in its camp.

I don't invest in companies where my mental model is that they need to get themselves acquired in the next few years - or ever.

We understand that the real market value of Blockbuster may never be fully realized as a wholly owned part of Viacom.

Going public is 18-month process, while an acquisition is a 6-month process. Going public means going under so much scrutiny, regulatory approval, auditing, magnified 10 times. Having the stomach to do that isn't necessarily in my DNA. My DNA is building a product and a service.

The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money... But we are not going to buy Yahoo!

We don't think of ourselves as a regional investment bank. We think of ourselves as merchant bankers with clients all over the country.