Jorge Paulo Lemann is behind some of America’s most iconic consumer brands. The Brazilian billionaire’s investment company, 3G Capital, has invested in or backed takeovers of Kraft, Heinz, Burger King, Tim Hortons, Anheuser Busch and SAB Miller. May his quotes on success inspire you to chase your dreams and live life on your own terms.
1. “Good ethical people attract more good and ethical people.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
2. “Everything is a learning experience.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
3. “A great deal is one that is long lasting and sustaining.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
4. “Education has a much more lasting effect and takes longer to fix.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
5. “A dream big and challenging makes everyone row in the same direction.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
6. “Learn from the defeats and come back better for the next round.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
7. “We would never have done what we did if we had not stumbled together to take some risks.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
8. “What you feel in your gut is as good as what is on paper.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
9. “If I’m going to invest in a company, I’m much more interested in seeing who’s there playing the management.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
10. “Always have a big dream.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
11. “I am a person who believes strongly in human assets, that is my priority.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
12. “We seemed to know winning management teams when we met them.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
13. “Money is just a way to measure whether the business is doing well or not, but money itself is not what fascinates me.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
14. “Business was like tennis. You don’t win all the points and the sets, but if you keep pushing and focusing you can win overall.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
15. “Honestly, I enjoy working. It’s what I enjoy doing.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
16. “The greatest asset of a company is good people, working together, growing.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
17. “Profit is what attracts investors, good people, and opportunities and maintaining the machine.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
18. “Choose people better than oneself, train them, and challenge them.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
19. “Leadership by personal example is vital, both in heroics as in day to day small gestures.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
20. “Focus is essential. You cannot be great at everything. We must concentrate on the essential.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
21. “For things to happen in operations and marketing you have to wear out the shoes.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
22. “Competitive advantage – the innovation that adds value is useful, but copying what already works is usually more practical.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
23. “Name, reputation and brand are invaluable assets that take decades to build and are lost in seconds.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
24. “Being paranoid about costs and expenses, which are the only variables under our control helps ensure survival in the long term.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
25. “Luck is always the result of sweat. You have to work hard, but enjoy it.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
26. “Keep it simple, easily understood, and measured.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
27. “Attract the right people who work well together.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
28. “Measure results consistently.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
29. “No matter where you are in the world, you treat other people exactly how you would like to be treated – honestly and fairly.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
30. “Create the big dream.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
31. “My biggest success in business was the discovery some forty years ago that by attracting excellent people to work with me and giving them a chance to grow, I would go much further than I would by myself.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
32. “If possible, in this endeavor capture the winds and let them help you.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
33. “Focus on your goal.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
34. “Life is not easy, you need to work hard.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
35. “There is an intimate relationship between the force applied and the results obtained.” Jorge Paulo Lemann
