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Millard "Mickey" S. Drexler (born August 17, 1944) is the former CEO and current Chairman of J.Crew Group and formerly the CEO of Gap Inc. He was a director at Apple Inc. from 1999 to 2015. He is currently Chairman of NYC based Outdoor Voices.

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I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that.

Agents, Day, Long, People

America's companies are built to destroy creativity.

America, Built, Company, Creativity, Destroy

Creativity runs on automatic, no matter what's happening in other parts of my life. I can't help myself. It's been in me, and it evolves in me over the years. It's a condition in me.

Automatic, Condition, Creativity, Parts, Running, Years

A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy, how to sell, and how to hopefully have two plus two equal six.

Buy, Identify, Six, Smell, Time, Two

Everything has a trend to it; I don't care if it's appliances or engines. I always ask: What has a company done in the past five years that somebody's noticed?

Appliances, Ask, Done, Noticed, Past, Years

If you don't get trained for your SATs in America today, you are at a disadvantage. Training is expensive and a lot of kids don't get trained, perhaps. So I also identify with the kid or the person who has grown up in environments like I've grown up in.

America, Kid, Kids, Person, Training

I spot detail quickly.

Detail, Details, Quickly, Spot, Spots

People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled.

Entitled, Mean, People, Study

I think the key to success is vision that adjusts on the way, but doesn’t at all falter. It’s about not compromising and following your gut to a certain degree, based on knowledge, instinct, etc. And not listening to the naysayers. . . . You develop strength through adversity. You have to keep moving towards your goal through huge obstacles.

Adversity, Falter, Following, Moving, Thinking, Towards

I'm looking for best practices constantly. Apple has beautiful design, beautiful product, incredibly functional. But mostly it's about picking product, getting behind it, marketing it and introducing it to a customer. What they've done just inspires me.

Beautiful, Best Practices, Apples, Marketing, Mostly, Picking

You can't run a business without taking risks.

Business, Risk, Run, Running, Taking

Most obstacles are inspiration.

Inspiration, Obstacles

I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.

Beautiful, Art, Home, Buy, Except

I like to prove things wrong.

Like, Prove, Things, Wrong

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