The trouble, in my opinion, with corporate America today, is that everything is thought of in quarters. Henry Kravis Read Quote
Quite frankly, the financial community has to improve its image. The financial community has to be much more transparent than it is. Henry Kravis Read Quote
In the ’70s and ’80s, what private equity did is it changed corporate America. It started holding companies accountable, and for the first time managers started thinking like owners. Henry Kravis Read Quote
It used to be that you would go in to see a CEO, and you would ask them, ‘Is your company for sale?’ and if they said ‘No, we have no interest in selling,’ that was sort of the end of the conversation. Henry Kravis Read Quote
Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It’s not that I do it because it’s the right thing: I do it because I want do it. Henry Kravis Read Quote
I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what’s on their minds, even though that’s probably not what I want to hear. That’s what I want. Henry Kravis Read Quote
If we can just take a few companies, and use those as models, as examples, to show the rest of corporate America how they can become more competitive, that’s what I’d like to do and that’s what I hope to do. Henry Kravis Read Quote
One, I love the creativity. I love the ability to create a capital structure that is appropriate for a company, no matter what field it happens to be in. Henry Kravis Read Quote
It’s one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment. Henry Kravis Read Quote
I love the ability to work with very good managers, and to provide the right incentives for them, and truly become a partner with that management, and make that management take a long view. Henry Kravis Read Quote
