Zitat des Tages von Ivan Glasenberg:
We're talking to every third-party supplier every day of the week, and our traders are talking to them and buying products from them. When we're doing that, we see opportunities which no one else sees.
A lot of deals are done or not done because chief executives are not fully aligned to shareholders.
I've said I will be CEO as long as my colleagues want me.
We want people who work for us to be entrepreneurs. We like them to look at ideas. We like them to chase ideas. We like them to not be what I call a caretaker of an asset.
When we first invested in Colombia, we were buying a lot of coal from Colombia. We were dealing with them daily. I knew their guys at the port, I knew their guys at the mine, I had a feel of the country.
I've never opened a glass of champagne on any acquisition. Bankers do that.
We're creating new supply for the world, which is key. If we didn't get more tonnes into the system, your next motorcar is going to cost more because the aluminum cost is going to be higher.
You're doing a major merger, you got to hope you didn't get it wrong. That's the view of any CEO.
You'll sacrifice a lot of things in the early part of your career to be successful, but to be ahead of your competitors, you have to work hard.
I observed a man sourcing candle wax from South America and selling it to Japan. I thought: 'That's unbelievable. Talking on the phone in his office, that man made money moving candle wax from one country to another.' It really interested me.
We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.
When the opportunities come, we may not want to buy another nickel asset, but if something comes cheap enough, we're all about return on equity.
I'm a CEO of a public company. You have to show decorum.
