Carly Fiorina
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Biography
Cara Carleton "Carly" Fiorina is an American businesswoman and politician, known primarily for her tenure as chief executive officer (CEO) of Hewlett-Packard (HP) from 1999 to 2005. Fiorina is the first woman to lead a Fortune Top-20 company.
"Leadership is all about unlocking the potential in others."
"HP’s goal is to bring the most compelling entertainment content and experiences to our customers, … We explored a range of alternatives to deliver a great digital music experience and concluded Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes music service were the best by far. By partnering with Apple, we have the opportunity to add value by integrating the world’s best digital music offering into HP’s larger digital entertainment system strategy."
"There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore. We have to compete for jobs as a nation. Our competitiveness as a nation is not inevitable. It will not just happen."
"Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!"
"You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut."
"Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign."
"Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system."
"Don't think of yourself as a woman in business."
"Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'"
"You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times."
"If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money."
"When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is."
"My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled."
"A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media."
"You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times."
"Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future."
"I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that's the reality."
"Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account."
"But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from."
"We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online."
"The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy."
"It's the federal government's job to secure the border."
"Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes."
"You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman."
"My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled."