CEO Speak

Angela F. Braly, CEO, WellPoint
A government-run health plan would not address the underlying issues of cost and quality.

Michael S. Dell
We're concerned that one word that seems to be missing from a lot of discussions is "competitiveness". It's a word that should be used more often

Robert Griefield, CEO, Nasdaq
Withing the leadership of the Business Community, there is a concern. The attitude is not so much wait-and-see but wary. They are wary with respect to the tax policy and obviously are also concerned with the burden of helath-care costs.

Jeffrey B. Kindler, CEO, Pfizer
We have to accept the reality that the vast majority of the people in this country(USA) get their insurance from employers and if we create a system that provides an incentive for employers to not provide their employees with insurance, then under certain scenarios huge numbers of people under public option would move out of the employer system into the public system. That would not be a good outcome because it would impose a tremendous burden on the taxpayers.

W. James McNeny Jr. CEO, Boeing
A level playing field for American companies and workers in international markets is more important than ever.

Duncan L. Niedarauer CEO NYSE Euronext
On tax policy: The US-headquartered companies are forced to cut jobs to reduce costs to make up for the increased tax burden. It would encourage a lot of American Companies to be incorporated elsewhere and potentially moving jobs out of USA  and moving headquarters and operations abroad.

Ratan Tata, TATA
We do a lot of homework to make sure the acquired company fits into our culture and value system. If we find that a company follows practices that we are not in agreement with, we would not go into it.

Richard  Branson, Virgin Atlantic
My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.... from the perspective of wanting to live life to the full, I felt that I had to attempt it.