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But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company.

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I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners.

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So I picked a field where I had a little exposure. Where I thought I could have an enormous challenge, and have a chance to really do some good, to be a pioneer in an area, and not just be like everyone else.

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One, I love the creativity. I love the ability to create a capital structure that is appropriate for a company, no matter what field it happens to be in.

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I love the ability to work with very good managers, and to provide the right incentives for them, and truly become a partner with that management, and make that management take a long view.

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The trouble, in my opinion, with corporate America today, is that everything is thought of in quarters.

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If we can just take a few companies, and use those as models, as examples, to show the rest of corporate America how they can become more competitive, that's what I'd like to do and that's what I hope to do.

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I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself.

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I have, in my partner George Roberts, a person who is the most wonderful man in the world to me. He's like a brother to me. Creating with him, being side by side with him, in whatever we try to do, is a real pleasure to me.

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I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what's on their minds, even though that's probably not what I want to hear. That's what I want.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: January 6th, 1944

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