Jorge Paulo Lemann Quotes
19 quotes from Jorge Paulo Lemann — Brazilian billionaire who co-founded 3G Capital..
“I always say, to have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream big!”
“We can do much bigger things together than by ourselves.”
“You need a common agreement that everyone can agree is the 'big dream'.”
“I really believe in having people that are better than you around you is worth it.”
“The ability to get along with others is an amazing skill.”
“I've tried to do things better and learn. That's the most important characteristic for success.”
“Kraft Heinz is a much better company with all these outsiders.”
“You have to keep the culture you have but bringing in new perspectives is important.”
“Here I was, 26 and broke and having to start again.”
“I have learned that the ethics of the so-called markets can be different from what we think.”
“The ethics of the so-called markets can be different from what we think.”
“We are copiers, actually. Most of the stuff we've learned has been from Jack Welch, Jim Collins, from GE, from Wal-Mart. We've just copied and tried to do it better.”
“It's our kind of company. It's got a group of fantastic brands led by ketchup. The company started in 1869 with horseradish.”
“We support a Brazil that believes in its people so people can believe in Brazil.”
“We had a formula which was to attract very good people, pay them very well, manage things very efficiently, keep expenses down, have a big dream and everybody driven in that direction. And we sort of missed out a little bit on two things. We missed out on being more consumer centric... and we remained with our focus on producing things efficiently.”
“I'm a terrified dinosaur.”
“The two things you can't buy are time and love. And they're two of the most important things, obviously, in the world.”
“Something that I always thought college doesn't give is the ability to assess and take risks. It will teach you how to assess risks mathematically or theoretically, but hardly. And in general, it teaches you not to take risks. And I think in life, you have to take risks, and the only way you learn to take risks is practicing, practicing.”
“Before founding the Lemann Foundation, I believed that fulfilling my entrepreneurial calling was enough to repay Brazil for the opportunities it had afforded me. However, I came to the conclusion that I could go further, taking my big dreams beyond the corporate world.”
