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
govern parties
The thing that Tea Parties have to understand, you can't govern if you don't get elected.
federal government man means success
I should not get Social Security. I think it's a travesty for a man of my success and of my means to get anything from the federal government.
america biggest fix future income
The biggest single challenge to America and our future is income inequality. We've got to fix it.
against attorneys charges coverage fixed generally higher press public successful virtually whether
Nothing so enchants attorneys general, their eyes generally fixed on higher public office, as slinging accusations against successful financial executives. Preening press conferences and fawning media coverage are virtually guaranteed, whether or not the charges have substance.
advantages basic came contrary country economic grandson immigrants might neither people personal seeking
Contrary to what you might assume, I didn't start with any advantages and neither did most of the successful people I know. I am the grandson of immigrants who came to this country seeking basic economic and personal liberty.
created elected families giant instead pool seem swimming
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.
butcher delivering dug variety worked
As a little boy, my first job was delivering newspapers, and then I had a variety of different jobs. I worked in a butcher shop. I worked in a supermarket. I worked in construction. I dug ditches on the Long Island Expressway in 1954, 1955, 1956.
break jail
You only have to worry about going to jail if you break the law. That's pretty simple.
people social whether
I don't know whether other people should or shouldn't pay taxes. I know I can, and I am willing, to pay more taxes. I know I should not get Social Security. I don't need it.
good life love people street wall
I have been in Wall Street all of my life. I love it. It has been good to me. I know many wonderful, decent, honorable, ethical, hard-working people that were in Wall Street with me.
arthur founded home
A little more than 30 years ago, Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank, Pat Farrah and I got together and founded The Home Depot.
america enormous great time
America is a powerful country. America is a great country. We have enormous resiliency. Any time we have had our back to the wall, we have come out a winner.
oval reagan revered
Ronald Reagan would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on - that's how much he revered the presidency.
country people
Rich people in one country don't act the same as rich people in another country.