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
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.
wisdom real knowledge
There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. And ideas - more than money - are the real currency for success.
appreciation art mean
To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything we could possibly want. My wife and I then decided that we could use our wealth to make a difference. So we created the Broad Foundations to do four things: to improve urban public education, to support innovative scientific and medical research, to foster art appreciation for audiences worldwide and to support civic initiatives in Los Angeles.
art thinking challenges
Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.
art civilization people
Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.
writing giving people
Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before.
became brightest class convinced facilities holds minds mysteries potential science unlock
We became convinced that the combination of the brightest minds in science and medicine, coupled with world-class facilities and cutting-edge technology, holds the potential to unlock the mysteries of disease.