Sergio Ermotti Quotes

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

I truly believe that the combination of a strong top line together with a strong bottom line is what makes for a sustainable business.

Investors like to invest based on traction, so it's always better to raise money when you've got more traction than less.

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

If one asserts that buying customers below what they charge them is a corporate strategy, this is in essence an arbitrage game, and arbitrage games rarely last.

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

While one should never underestimate the ability of risk-besotted financiers to wreak havoc, the real threat to capitalism isn't unfettered financial cunning. It is, instead, the unwillingness of executives to confront the changing expectations of their stakeholders.

I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.

The obligation of every ethical management is to make sure we optimize the long-term value of the company.

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.

Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.

As a business owner, I understand the importance of prioritizing your bottom line, but it's equally as important to consider how you can succeed while also thinking about the long-term impact on the community.

We have an obligation to provide a return for our shareholders.

I fully support accountability and transparency.

We're very much focused on full shareholder-value return. We have to get our stock moving. But I won't do something in the short run that I don't feel is right for the long run. That, I've watched many CEOs do.

If you want to invest in us, we believe customer number one, employee number two, shareholder number three. If they don't want to buy that, that's fine. If they regret, they can sell us.

We're only going to invest our shareholders' money where we think they can get the kind of returns they expected when they invested their money with Exxon Mobil.

I think CSR, corporate social responsibility, is something that is becoming front and center.

Money is available from investors as long as you have a great business model and a talented leader.

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

We are monitoring the global companies on a daily basis, and their rating continues to be investment grade. We will take immediate action if anything goes wrong.

From the very beginning, our goal has been to establish a normal company in the Western sense.

Profitability, growth, and safeguards against existential risks are crucial to strengthening a company's long-term prospects. But if these three factors constitute a company's 'hard power,' firms also need 'soft power': public trust and acceptance, won by fulfilling a company's social responsibility.

I liked being CEO of Blockbuster, but my job is to put it on the bottom line for shareholders.

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been used as an effective lens through which to examine the actions business can take toward ensuring mutual long-term well-being and sustainability.