Eli Broad
Eli Broad
Eli L. Broadis an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the only person to build two Fortune 500 companies in different industries. As of October 2015, Forbes ranked Broad the 65th wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 June 1933
CountryUnited States of America
art emotion evoke
Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.
art way artist
Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.
buying collecting objects
Collecting is more than just buying objects.
artist done unreasonable
Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.
artist
I don't see myself as a great discoverer of artists, like Charles Saatchi.
school office people
School boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about.
teacher school practice
The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.
art discipline boards
Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline.
giving wealth shame
One, Andrew Carnegie said, ‘He who dies with wealth dies in shame.’ And someone once said, ‘He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.’
art collecting obsessive
Collectors become obsessive and then addicted. You become addicted to art and you can't live without it.
lessons learning-lessons
You always learn lessons in business.
want film
I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.
bored bankers lawyer
I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.
bucks made cautious
No one ever made a million bucks by being cautious or timid or reasonable.