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
country school commitment
I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.
patient-person america littles
I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today.
real thinking house
I don't think the market can keep going up. In the U.S., we see real estate not going up.. houses are selling at lower prices. You can't have anything going up 10 percent to 20 percent to 30 percent indefinitely.
ideas currency
Ideas, more than money, are really the currency for success.
teacher school want
In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.
thinking use periods
I think over any period of time, especially if you don't use leverage, it is difficult to continually beat the S&P 500.
maintaining-the-status-quo ideas challenging-the-status-quo
I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.
people want paper
If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.
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.