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Henry Kravis

Henry Kravis

American Businessman

Born: Jan 6, 1944

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If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing. Henry Kravis

Buy You Integrity World Money Nothing Moral Person Ethical Really

As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure. Henry Kravis

I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself. Henry Kravis

Life Myself My Life All My Life Hurry Prove Been Succeed

You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself. Henry Kravis

Life You Yourself One Thing Only Sell Thing

I was an economics major in college, and every summer after school, I would drive my car from California, from Claremont men's college at the time, to New York. And I worked on Wall Street. Henry Kravis

I thought at the time that I wanted to go into institutional sales, selling stocks and bonds to institutions. In those days, which was the 1960s, the institutional salesman was making about $100,000 a year. I thought that was just an enormous amount of money. Henry Kravis

I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners. Henry Kravis

Corporate Corporate America Like Always Refer America Managers Owners Assets

If you have something at risk, you think differently. Henry Kravis

You Think Something Risk Differently

So I picked a field where I had a little exposure. Where I thought I could have an enormous challenge, and have a chance to really do some good, to be a pioneer in an area, and not just be like everyone else. Henry Kravis

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

Work Love Good Management Long Partner Become Good Managers Ability Take Make Provide Truly Very Managers Them View Incentives Right

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

You Conversation Would See No Interest Sort Said Go Sale End Selling Interest Them CEO Ask Your Used Company

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