I think business, government and unions have to work together, and the common enemies to the global economy. We're being beaten by the global economy, and we've got to unite together to win.
From Stephen Pagliuca
A lot of NBA owners sit at the midcourt. But we love being under the basket and seeing the players.
My grandfather was a shoemaker who worked in a shoe factory.
I was an international tax specialist. Yeah, I was an international man of mystery and tax specialist.
I was going to get a degree in economics and be a teacher. But I couldn't afford to pay for the education. So I just got the MBA and not the doctorate. I loved it at Bain, and I've been there ever since.
Part of America is we've always had people that can get things done.
I'm a Democrat, and I think people who meet me will realize I'm a Democrat. I have progressive Democratic values.
I gave Mitt Romney some donations for his campaign because he was a friend, and friendship came first. I've always been a Democrat, and I've had different views than Mitt Romney. I'm not Mitt Romney, and I think people will realize that when they meet me out there.
Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better than Joe Biden to give us a little hyperbole, as we all know.
We really wake up every day trying to build businesses. That is the goal of private equity. It's a misnomer out there that private equity profits by shrinking companies. In fact, it's just the opposite. Private equity creates value by growing great companies.
4 perspectives
3 perspectives
1 perspectives