Kenneth Langone
Kenneth Langone
Kenneth Gerard Langone Sr., KSGis an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist, best known for co-founding The Home Depot. He has an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion according to Forbes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth16 September 1935
CountryUnited States of America
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The wealth that was created by my investments wasn't put into a giant swimming pool as so many elected demagogues seem to imagine. Instead it benefitted our employees, their families and our community at large.
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The thing that Tea Parties have to understand, you can't govern if you don't get elected.
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I decided I was going to go to Wall Street, and I was introduced to some people... I met a guy who knew a bond trader at Pressprich, and he got me to meet him and the guy that ran their sales department, Jack Collin.
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The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don't do a very good job.
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You want to close the income inequality gap in part? Give us better educated kids out of high school. Give us kids that can challenge and succeed in the challenge with technology. You give us those kinds of kids, and watch the needle move.
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The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture.
You can't run your career on the basis of what someone else does.