Learn what some of the richest people in the world have to say about success in business.

1. Business Advice
Richest
People in the
World

2. WARREN BUFFETChairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway; American Businessman, Philanthropist,
and Investor

3. “It takes 20 years
to build a
reputation and five
minutes to ruin it.
If you think about
that, you'll do
things differently.”

4. “Should you find yourself in a
chronically leaking boat, energy devoted
to changing vessels is
likely to be more
productive than
energy devoted to
patching leaks.”

5. “No matter how
great the talent or
effort, some things
just take time. You
can't produce a
baby in one month
by getting nine
women pregnant.”

6. “Opportunities come
infrequently.
When it rains gold, put
out the bucket, not the
thimble.”

7. SHERYL SANDBERGCOO, Facebook; American Tech Executive, Philanthropist, Author, and Activist

8. “If you're offered a
seat on a rocket ship,
don't ask what seat.
Just get on.”

9. “I realized that
searching for a
mentor has
become the
professional
equivalent of
waiting for Prince
Charming.”

10. “The reason I don't have a plan is
because if I have a plan, I'm limited to
today's options.”

11. “It is the
ultimate luxury
to combine
passion and
contribution.”

12. JEFF BEZOSFounder, Chairman & CEO, Amazon; American Tech Entrepreneur, Media
Magnate, and Investor

13. “The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they
overrule the hierarchy.”

14. “If you're competitor-
focused, you have to wait
until there is a competitor
doing something. Being
customer-focused allows
you to be more pioneering.”

15. “Your margin is
my opportunity.”

16. RICHARD BRANSONFounder, Virgin Group; English Businessman and Investor

17. “Entrepreneurial
business favours the
open mind. It favours
people whose
optimism drives them
to prepare for many
possible futures, pretty
much purely for the joy
of doing so.”

18. “Business opportunities are like buses.
There's always another one coming.”

19. “Don’t think ‘what’s the cheapest way to do it?’ or
‘what’s the fastest way to do it?’ …
Think ‘what’s the
most amazing way
to do it?’”

20. SHARI ARISONOwner, Arison Investments; American-Israeli Businesswoman and Philanthropist

21. “I find that when
you lead with vision
and values,
engaging
employees and
showing them that
values are just as
important as profits,
everyone comes
on board.”

22. “Business is not a
spiritual matter. When I
founded the Essence of
Life, the person
appointed to head it
was a former colonel in
the army.
Can anything be more down-to-earth than that?”

23. BILL GATESCEO Cascade Investment; Co-Chair Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Former
Microsoft CEO; American Inventor, Programmer, Investor, and Philanthropist

24. “As we look ahead into the next century,
leaders will be those who empower others.”

25. “Success is a
lousy teacher. It
seduces smart
people into
thinking they can't
lose.”

26. FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJAManaging Director, The Rose of Sharon Group and Executive Vice Chairman,
Famfa Oil Limited; Nigerian Philanthropist and Business Tycoon

27. “Most people want to get rich ‘quick.’
In fact very
quickly,
without
putting the
work or
effort in.”

28. LARRY PAGECo-Founder & CEO, Google; American Business Magnate and Computer
Scientist

29. “You may think using Google's great, but I still think it's terrible.”

30. “I would rather have people think
we're confused than let our competitors
know what we're going to do.”

31. “Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do
they fundamentally do wrong?
They usually miss the future.”

32. MICHAEL DELLFounder, Chairman & CEO, Dell; American Investor, Philanthropist, and Author

33. “Don’t spend so much time trying to choose the
perfect opportunity, that you miss the right
opportunity.”

34. “I don’t like to do
just the things I like
to do. I like to do
things that cause the
company to succeed. I
don’t spend a lot of
time doing my
favorite activities.”

35. “Try never to be
the smartest
person in the room.
And if you are, I
suggest you invite
smarter people … or
find a different
room.”

36. “If you’re happy, that’s probably the most
important thing. Everyone probably has their
own definition of success -- for me it’s
happiness.”

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