There's often a good, honest case to be made that a century-old company has not only a knack for growing and managing a P&L, but also, perhaps, a heart and soul.
I followed someone who had very large shoes. He had very large shoes. Mr. J. R. D. Tata. He was a legend in the Indian business community. He had been at the helm of the Tata organization for 50 years. You were almost starting to think he was going to be there forever.
My role is more like a chairman and founder. I am used to overseeing the company's heritage and our strategy.
I can help the next generation remember the lineage of great companies here and how to continue the tradition. The Valley has been very supportive of me. I should do my best to repay.
You know, I think that anything you do at Apple... you feel a tremendous onus. You want to carry on the legacy of what it meant.
This is Steve's company. This is still Steve's company. It was born that way; it's still that way. And so his spirit, I think, will always be the DNA of this company.
Legacies are built on the practices of your company.
I don't know another Philippine company that has lasted three generations, except for Ayala. Maybe Aboitiz is going to the third.
