Sanford I. Weill
Sanford I. Weill
Sanford I. "Sandy" Weillis an American banker, financier and philanthropist. He is a former chief executive and chairman of Citigroup. He served in those positions from 1998 until October 1, 2003, and April 18, 2006, respectively...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth16 March 1933
CountryUnited States of America
greatness views people
From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness.
ages capitalist children create disney four maybe system
Our company is working with Disney to create a game for children between the ages of maybe four and 12, so we can teach them what the capitalist system is all about.
new-york team school
And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.
mother hurt fighting
And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.
war people challenges
I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.
united-states financial whole
The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.
sports school thinking
I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.
teacher home school
I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.
latin thinking discipline
I think Latin has some logic to it and there was a discipline.
areas
I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.
believe giving very-strong
I believe in giving back very strongly.
mistake trying surface
And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.
president becoming building
I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.
kind form knows
And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.