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I'm going to continue doing my thing and work my butt off to add value for shareholders and as long as they and the board see fit to keep me in this role, I feel enormously privileged to serve.

We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.

My shareholders expect me to make the most profit. That's the ugly, dirty truth.

I don't want to take a company public and not have it do extremely well and fail the public shareholder.

I'm less concerned about whether being a good corporate citizen burnishes a company's reputation. That's just an added benefit. I believe it's a responsibility, and there is no negotiating on responsibilities.

All I'm trying to do is manage money and take care of my shareholders.

Look - this is the terror of being a founder & CEO. It is all your fault. Every decision, every person you hire, every dumb thing you buy or do - ultimately, you're at the end.

I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.

The ability to please your shareholders comes because of what you do for clients.

I'm willing to have two directors on the DuPont board, me being one of them.