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Eli Broad Biography

Eli Broad (/broʊd/; born June 6, 1933) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the only person to build two Fortune 500 companies in different industries (KB Home and SunAmerica). As of October 2015, Forbes ranked Broad the 65th wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion.

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Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid.

Minutes, Talking, Valuable

To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything we could possibly want. My wife and I then decided that we could use our wealth to make a difference. So we created the Broad Foundations to do four things: to improve urban public education, to support innovative scientific and medical research, to foster art appreciation for audiences worldwide and to support civic initiatives in Los Angeles.

Appreciation, Art, Business, Life, Money, Use

Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small.

Children, Keys, Oprah, People, Small, World

If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and. . . page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.

Jobs, Management, Poor, Poor Management, Unions, Work

There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. And ideas - more than money - are the real currency for success.

Day, Money, Real, Success, Wisdom

School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.

Needs, Policies, Practice, Practices, School, Teacher

I'd rather be respected than loved.

Loved, Respected

I don't see myself as a great discoverer of artists, like Charles Saatchi.

Artist, Artists, Charles, Like, Saatchi, See

I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today.

America, Littles, Patient Person, Person, Public

Collecting is more than just buying objects.

Buying, Collecting, Objects

Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will they send their stuff to Memphis? No.

Collections, Deal, Memphis, Museums, Send, Stuff

I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.

Architects, Clients, Results, Strong, Working, Working Together

Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.

Charge, Intensity, Passion, Spend, Want

Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.

Artist, Done, Unreasonable

You always learn lessons in business.

Business, Learn, Learning Lessons, Lessons

Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.

Art, Bankers, Civilization, Lawyers, People

My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was a Van Gogh drawing of two peasant houses in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

1973, Art, Drawing, Interested, Two, Van

Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.

Advice, Decision, Giving, Life, Make, Right

The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.

Collecting, Ends, Firsts, Girl, Stamps, Thing

I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast.

Breakfast, Connections, Golf, Long, Play, Takes

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