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Ivan Glasenberg Quotes

South African - Businessman | 1957 -

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.

Ivan Glasenberg

Money Man Candle Me Moving Thought

I stopped focusing on people being different, and I started treating everyone the same way.

Ivan Glasenberg

People Being Different Way Everyone

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

Ivan Glasenberg

Time Easy You Price Right Time Buy

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.

Ivan Glasenberg

Daily Feel Country First Buying

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

Work People Ideas Look Want Us

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

Ivan Glasenberg

Business Time Travel Office Out Lot

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

Hope View Doing You Wrong Merger

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.

Ivan Glasenberg

Opportunities Enough Want Cheap Buy

I've said I will be CEO as long as my colleagues want me.

Ivan Glasenberg

Me Colleagues Long Said Want Will

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

Ivan Glasenberg

Money Me Easy See Shareholders CEO

I thought if we could put our hard-working culture as traders into the asset management, it will be a great combination, and we did do that.

Ivan Glasenberg

Great Culture Management Thought Our

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

Travel Door World Week You Want

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