Mark V. Hurd

“There's money in the old stuff, but there's more wealth created in the new growth areas.”

“CEOs can stay too long.”

“I really don't want the best people at the highest cost.”

“When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it.”

“There's a powerful tendency to overcomplicate the whole notion of leadership.”

“I like being part of teams that go into things that people don't think are doing very well and getting into them to do better.”

“I grew up in New York City, and I moved to Florida in high school.”

“When you're a leader at any level of any scale, leaders are defined at times of crisis.”

“We need to temper the idea that this company has to have some earthshaking event every 15 minutes.”

“I like being pushed.”

“I like to have a team environment where I can go anywhere and not threaten management.”

“References drive the industry.”

“Cloud represents the maturation of the IT industry.”

“Customers want to talk to other customers.”

“At its core, HP has the best technologists on the planet Earth.”