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
home giving would-be
At a time when all the other builders were selling homes with basements but without carports, we would sell homes without basements and with carports. This allowed us to provide a more appealing product at a lower price. In other words, we felt we would be giving customers greater value.
art appreciate reason
There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.
levels inability problem
The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.
girl firsts stamps
The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.
summer dream school
The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.
teacher school practice
School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.
children views people
People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.
philanthropy activism
Philanthropy is activism.
giving decision advice
Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.
moving thinking incentives
The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.
successful what-matters the-end-of-the-day
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.
giving way reason-why
If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.
research irrational situation
Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational.
real hard-work numbers
While I am proud of a number of accomplishments, there are real costs to being unreasonable. Long hours. Too little time with family. A near incapacity for, as they say, stopping and smelling the roses.