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Sanford I. Weill

Sanford I. "Sandy" Weill (/waɪl/; born March 16, 1933) is an American banker, financier and philanthropist. He is a former chief executive and chairman of Citigroup. He served in those positions from 1998 until October 1, 2003, and April 18, 2006, respectively.

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And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.

Business, Economy, Kind, Like, Thought

And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.

Beating, Brooklyn, Fighting, Hurt, Mother

I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This also means being straightforward and honest with them.

Believe, Mean, People, Treating, Willing

Learn how to be a loser, because it's important to be a loser to be a winner.

Important, Learn, Loser, Winner

One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century.

Leader, People, Respect, Thinking, World

From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness.

Business, Encouraging, Greatness, Views

A lot of people at Shearson ended up making a lot of money because they had stock or stock options. Their kids were able to go to college, and it changed a lot of people's lives.

College, Ended, Kids, Money

I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.

Areas, Economy, Interested, Read

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.

Mistake, Economy, Willing, Make, Right

I think we are a product of all our experiences.

Economy, Experience, Experiences, Product, Think, Thinking

And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.

Cup, Junior, New York, School, Team, Tennis

You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.

Believe, Future, Past, Things, Think, Thinking

I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.

Becoming, Building, Largest, Merging, President

The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.

United States, Financial, Economy, Whole, United

So it's the kind of business where you can't wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what's on the news, and you know, how the world's going to change.

Business, Know, Morning, News, Wait, Waiting

What turned me on then, and turns me on even today - and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I'd still be interested in it - is that everything that happens in the world affects the price of securities.

Everything Happens For A Reason, Think, Thinking, Turns, World

I would say that my parents were supportive of me.

Parent, Supportive, Economy, Say, Parents

The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.

Benefits, Grow, Our Society, People, Prosper

I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.

Involved, Little Things, Littles, Thing, Used

I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.

Good, People, School, Sports, Thinking

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