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Helping people getting a great start in life, a great foundation, is an investment.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: Foundation Getting Great Helping Helping People Investment Life People Start

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I have said many times that it's a mistake to bet against the long-term health of the U.S. equity markets because it's a mistake to bet against the long-term health of the U.S. economy.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: Against Because Bet Economy Equity Health Long-Term Many Markets Mistake Said Times U.s. Economy

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I have almost no interest in quarterly reports. Running a business or investing in a business based on quarterly earnings doesn't make any sense at all to me.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: Almost Any Based Business Earnings Interest Investing Make Me No Interest Reports Running Sense

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A lot of what I do is running businesses rather than buying stocks. My worst decision is probably when I know I have the wrong chief executive running the business, and I keep on waiting to make the difficult decision of replacing him.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: Business Businesses Buying Chief Chief Executive Decision Difficult Executive Him Keep Know Lot Make Rather Replacing Running Stocks Than Waiting Worst Wrong

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Good decisions can have bad short-term outcomes but be great for the business long-term.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: Bad Business Decisions Good Great Long-Term Outcomes Short-Term

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I was a kid from Winnipeg - I didn't know anything about the world.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: About Anything Kid Know World

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I came from Winnipeg and a small-town background, and I wouldn't say a depressed area, but Winnipeg has never been a rich area like Toronto.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: Area Background Been Came Depressed Like Never Rich Say Small-Town Toronto I Came

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You see these young people in Antigonish who are coming from Cape Breton, and these are really smart, attractive young people, who are living in a place that's been very rough economically. It's a very special thing to be helpful there.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: Attractive Been Cape Coming Economically Helpful Living People Place Really Rough See Smart Special Thing Very Who You Young Young People

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I'd always felt like a Canadian living in the U.S.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: Always Canadian Felt Like Living

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I love the U.S. I love doing business there.

~Gerry Schwartz

Topics: Business Doing Love I Love

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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