Fortune: Warren Buffett - 'Hero' in 2008
When 2008 is passing by, Fortune wrapped a list of those beloved and those behated when it comes to money matters. Do you love the beloved? or have more to share? I know Buffett and Greenspan will be there, and Fuld will be there. But I didn't expect Aaron will be there. If there is only one company which will benefit from this crisis, that will be Mint. I can only say that it proposed the right slogan (Turn the savings rate for people under 40 from negative to positive) at the right time.
Heros
-
Warren Buffett - Chairman/CEO of Berkshire Hathaway "I don't worry too much about pointing fingers at the past. I operate on the theory that every saint has a past, every sinner has a future." Oct. 2, 2008
-
Sheila Bair - Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. "We will dig out of this. And when we do, I hope for a back-to-basics society." -- Fortune, Dec. 10, 2008
-
Aaron Patzer - CEO, Mint.com "I rarely dine out. Instead I learned to cook (which impresses the ladies). It is healthier and saves a lot of money. To celebrate Mint's Series A financing, I made filet mignon for two." -- advice on Mint.com blog
-
Bruce Marks - CEO, Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America "Once one of these predatory lenders is defeated, others will appear like roaches until the market and profit for these loans is substantially reduced." -- Testimony before House Committee on Financial Services, Sept. 12, 2000
-
Alan Collinge - Founder, StudentLoanJustice.org "Student loans have become the most profitable, uncompetitive and oppressive type of debt in our nation's history." -- CNNMoney.com, Dec. 12, 2008
-
Nouriel Roubini - Economics professor, New York University For the next 12 months I would stay away from risky assets. ... I wish I could be more cheerful, but I was right a year ago, and
I think I'll be right this year, too." -- Fortune, Dec. 10, 2008
-
Majora Carter - Founder, Sustainable South Bronx "If you are told from your earliest days that nothing good is going to come from your community, that it is bad and ugly, how could it not reflect on you?" -- Speech at TED conference, February 2006
Zeros
-
Alan Greenspan - Former chairman, Federal Reserve Board "Whatever regulatory changes are made, they will pale in comparison to the change already evident in today's markets. Those markets for an indefinite future will be far more restrained than would any currently contemplated new regulatory regime." -- Testimony before House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, Oct. 23, 2008
-
Ed Yingling - President/CEO, American Bankers Association "When the capital program was announced, the headlines read 'Bank Bailout' when clearly it was not. To my knowledge, no one in the banking industry requested a capital program, and the ABA certainly did not." -- Testimony before House Committee on Financial Services, Nov. 18, 2008
-
Angelo Mozilo - Former CEO, Countrywide Financial Corp. "The truth is that the last thing we ever want is for people to lose their homes. Our core commitment is to put people in homes and to keep them there." -- Testimony before House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 7, 2008
-
Richard Fuld - Former CEO, Lehman Brothers With the benefit of hindsight, I can now say that I and many others were wrong." -- Testimony before House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Oct. 6, 2008
You can read the full article from Fortune if you like. I will be appreciated if you can share your opinion about these guys.
blog comments powered by Disqus