Author: Ivan Glasenberg

Quotes

It's easy to buy. Prove that you bought at the right time and the right price.

It's easy to buy. Prove that you bought at the right time and the right price.

- Ivan Glasenberg

We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.

We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.

- Ivan Glasenberg

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.

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.

- Ivan Glasenberg

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.

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.

- Ivan Glasenberg

We work. You don't come here to take life easy. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it.

We work. You don't come here to take life easy. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it.

- Ivan Glasenberg

You want to be a trader, come be a trader. The door's open. You want to travel six days a week, you want to travel the world, the door's open.

You want to be a trader, come be a trader. The door's open. You want to travel six days a week, you want to travel the world, the door's open.

- Ivan Glasenberg

The trading side of the business means a lot of travel, being out of the office a lot of time.

The trading side of the business means a lot of travel, being out of the office a lot of time.

- Ivan Glasenberg

Africa is where commodities are found, so it is vital that Glencore and other miners are there to develop those resources, helping Africa itself to grow at the same time.

Africa is where commodities are found, so it is vital that Glencore and other miners are there to develop those resources, helping Africa itself to grow at the same time.

- Ivan Glasenberg

You're doing a major merger, you got to hope you didn't get it wrong. That's the view of any CEO.

You're doing a major merger, you got to hope you didn't get it wrong. That's the view of any CEO.

- Ivan Glasenberg

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