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I wasn't always interested in technology. I had been a student for a long time - I'd earned a bachelor's degree, a law degree, and an MBA - and decided that I wanted to work in a large corporation, focusing on finance and law, in either New York or Chicago.

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There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked.

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It's easy for me to see how a business proposition is going to play out, or who our next-generation competitors are, from taking this data point from this customer and another data point from another customer... and jump to Z.

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My mistakes are always around moving too slow or moving too fast without process behind it. And it's something that, if we're not careful, we'll repeat again and again.

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Understand what you are acquiring and protect it at all costs. You are acquiring people and next-generation products. You are making an investment that together you can grow faster, make more profits, and take more market share.

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Do you have the same vision of where industry is going as the target of your acquisition? If visions differ, you might get together economically for a while, but then you are going to have problems.

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I think, as time passes, people will come to see that the United States' credit standing is really not quite the same level as the ones that we rate AAA.

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We're very much focused on full shareholder-value return. We have to get our stock moving. But I won't do something in the short run that I don't feel is right for the long run. That, I've watched many CEOs do.

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We want a culture where it is unacceptable not to share what you know.

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A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: August 23rd, 1949

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