On leadership from the only entrepreneur who built two Fortune 500 companies in different industries.
Age: 84
Industry: Entrepreneur, Founder of The Broad Foundations; Co-founder of KB Home; and Founder of SunAmerica
Net worth: $7.4Billions
Forbes 100 greatest business minds 2017
On Leadership:
“Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.”
On Time:
“A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else’s. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me.”
On Business Success:
“For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: ‘How can we provide value to our customers?’ At the end of the day, that is what matters.”
Image: Eli Broad (on the right) during the ceremony of dedication of the new Institute for Regeneration Medicine Building, 2011 / Flickr, Viva Vivanista
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