People said I could not replace Steve. They were right. I did not try to. I built something different.
I started Cruise in my apartment with the idea that any car could become autonomous. GM bought that idea for a billion dollars. What we built with it was extraordinary, even if the ending was not.
I am the first woman to run a major Wall Street bank. I would rather be remembered as the best CEO than the first female one.
I built a school in Akron. The I Promise School. That is my real legacy. Not the championships.
LeBron studied my playbook. I am proud of that. Every athlete who builds a business empire after me makes me proud.
I am the first Black woman to chair an S&P 500 board. I would rather be remembered as the best chair, not the first Black one.
Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted, and very ethical.
The biggest startup acquisition in African tech history. That matters for every African founder who comes after us.
I built 100,000 homes in Miami. When you look at that skyline, about a third of it is mine.
My grandfather founded Toyota. My job is to make sure it's here for another 100 years.
Twenty-one trophies in nineteen years. Whatever happens next, nobody can take that away.
Build institutions, not portfolios. Institutions outlive any individual trade.
My father built the business. My job is to make sure my grandchildren can still be proud of it.
Being Africa's richest woman was a title I earned. Having it taken away by leaked documents doesn't change what I built.
Records are meant to be broken. But 24 Grand Slams — I don't think that will be broken for a very long time.
I built UTV from cable TV piracy into a company Disney wanted to buy. The journey matters more than the exit.
I own the Seahawks, the Trail Blazers, and one of the world's largest yachts. But the Allen Institute will outlast all of them.
Bill and I built Microsoft together. Then things got complicated. But the code we wrote changed the world, and that matters more than any disagreement.
My world record has stood since 2009. Some things are built to last. I want my businesses to be the same.
Seven skills named after me. That is my real investment — into a sport that will carry my name for generations. No stock market can do that.
I chose UConn because Geno Auriemma builds champions — on the court and in life. Every investment I make now I judge by the same standard: does this build something that lasts?
My son Asahd is the executive producer because he was in the room when I made the album. He deserves the credit.
Winning the Daytona 500 in 2004 was the greatest thing that ever happened to me on a racetrack. And I finally understood what it meant to my father.
I have no regrets about the work. The work was real. Everything built around it was complicated. But the work was real.
USV’s DNA is contrarian conviction. Fred and Brad built that. My job is to carry it forward into new categories.
To have reached 50 years of working with my name on all my creations, in fashion and beyond, is a tremendous achievement and something I am very proud of.
I never wanted to just be an heiress. I wanted to build something that would outlast the thing I inherited.
We left IBM because we wanted to build software our way. Fifty years later, I think we made the right call.
Every generation must build something meaningful. My generation built institutions. The next must build technologies that make those institutions irrelevant.
We build infrastructure for governments because infrastructure outlasts governments. Long after the politicians are gone, the roads and hospitals remain.
My grandfather started this business with a handshake and a belief in Qatar's future. We are still building on that handshake.
Build something your children will be proud to inherit. Not just the money — the name.
Wealth without giving back is just a number. A big number, but still just a number.
We build for the next generation. No building we construct is meant to last just twenty years. We build to last a century.
My father built something that will outlast all of us. My job is to protect it.
Saudi Oger built cities. What we created was not just concrete — it was the infrastructure of a nation.
My father-in-law built his fortune on ships. I built mine on land. The asset class was different but the principle was the same — own the infrastructure of commerce.
My father taught us that quality cannot be compromised. Build it right the first time. People will remember.
Our father taught us that reputation is everything. In property, your name is your bond. People live in the buildings you put your name on.
Being a third-generation entrepreneur is not about protecting the legacy. It is about transforming it.
We never built a building just to sell units. We built neighborhoods. That is the only way to create lasting value.
My father built something extraordinary. My job is to make sure it continues to flourish, to adapt to a changing world, and to stand for the same values he stood for.
My father built this franchise. My job is to make sure it outlasts all of us.
My grandfather invented the machine. My father made the science. My job is to make the science matter to the world.
When you leave, what you built belongs to someone else. That's the deal. Understanding that deal changes everything about how you work.
I think of my company in terms of 200 years. When you think that way, you make different decisions.
My father was a farmer. He worked very hard and had very little. I decided I would work just as hard and build something that could not be taken away.
My father started with nothing and built an empire. That spirit — that hunger — is in our DNA and it will carry us forward.
Steve and I used to talk about changing the world back at Reed. Neither of us imagined how different our paths would look from the outside.
My father believed in the people of Heineken as much as he believed in the beer. That is the legacy we are working to honour.
My father started with nothing. He built something real. All I did was make sure it kept growing.
My grandfather built this from nothing. My father grew it into something remarkable. The responsibility now is to not diminish what they built.
I do not know if the fourth generation of the Wee Kheng Chiang family will take over the reins in the future. I can only hope they do.
I have no passion in my work except to create and develop the Bolloré Group, of which I am the sixth generation. It's a fantastic story to have six generations before you, it's like a saga.