Arthur Levitt Jr.
United States
3 Feb 1931 // 9 Feb 2001
Financial Advisor
3 Feb 1931 // 9 Feb 2001
Financial Advisor
These are not easy times. Pressures proliferate. Responsibilities overlap. Objectives run counter to each other. Demands often are at cross-purposes. But, investors, regardless, continue to value companies that achieve value through honesty and hard work.
Speech, Directors' College, Stanford Law School, Stanford University, California (1999)
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