Hans Vestberg Quotes

I think Fast Company has a tremendously smart focus and execution.

People have asked me, 'Is it about Apple or is it about Jobs?' and I say it's about how a man becomes his company and the company becomes the man. That has only happened a few times, like it happened with Ford, I think, they became inextricably linked together.

I want to take IBM back to its roots.

My father taught us that to thrive, excellence in technology, quality, and customer service along with cost competitiveness is a prerequisite. His contribution to business, the economy, and society at large can never be underscored enough.

The most successful company in Silicon Valley is Apple, and they're the most secretive.

I called up a bunch of the CEOs of Silicon Valley companies and said, 'Hey, can I come and see you? And I'd like to learn about what you're doing.' And I don't know, most of them said yes.

Design and branding are inextricably linked to the way in which society, culture, the environment, and business interact.

Companies become what they want to become.

I grew up with Microsoft. I know the leadership of Microsoft.

All things can be done by every company in the world. Apple builds a phone, and so does Samsung. It's not about being different but about being better at what you do.

My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.

Marc Lore has been a mentor of mine for a long time. He taught me how to hire people and how to do the hardest thing in business, which is to make a great culture. I believe Marc is the most innovative and ambitious e-commerce entrepreneur on the planet.

I am excited to be working with the dedicated Four Seasons board and leadership team to build upon their reputation for industry-leading customer experiences while seeking out innovative ways to leverage technology that will help spur additional growth.

I'm so obsessed with Apple, and the chance to work with the people who really created Apple retail is the retail opportunity of a lifetime.

My goal is to create one of the greatest companies that's ever existed, and that has everything to do with the people, the culture, and what our core values are versus what we build or how we're perceived out in the market.

Learning from Martin Sorrell will be perfect. I won't leave him alone, I'll be asking him questions the whole day, just like a striker. He's going to have to tell me everything.

A principal struggle of many young companies is to establish an identity, a philosophical and emotional core, and LAIKA is no exception.

What Nintendo will do is simply try to do our best, believing that our strategy is right.

Valuable companies take decades to build.

No one gave me a recipe for how to create company culture. I wish I had had one.

It's very easy to criticize the CEO of the market leader.

I've played a massive and growing part in making business glamorous and even, yes, sexy.

I am honored to join the Under Armour Board, and look forward to seeing how a founder and CEO operates a dynamic and fast-growing company known for innovation and its competitive edge.

With experience also comes the understanding that you have to beat the rally before you can beat the competition.

A deep concern of mine is that leaders in the technology sector have not developed a culture that insists upon courage, honor, duty, and humility - what we might call a culture of virtue.