Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Carol Bartz (American Businesswoman)

Carol Bartz (b.1948) is an American business executive. She is renowned as the former CEO of Autodesk and Yahoo!, and for her board memberships at prominent technology companies.

Born in Winona, Minnesota, Bartz attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and initially worked in sales leadership positions at Digital Equipment Corporation and Sun Microsystems.

From 1992, Bartz served as Chairperson and CEO of Autodesk, one of the world’s largest providers of computer-aided design (CAD) automation software used by engineers and architects. Bartz raised manufacturing standards at Autodesk, built a strong sales force, and invested heavily in research to broaden the company’s product lines.

Bartz served as CEO of Yahoo! from 2009, but was ousted in 2011 following the company’s lackluster performance, her lack of strong product vision, and her conflicts with others on the company’s leadership team.

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It’ll take a smart person with passion over someone with years of experience any day. People with intelligence and passion will get the problem solved, no matter what.
Carol Bartz

It’s very, very hard to affect culture. And you can get surprised thinking you’re farther down the path of change than you really are because, frankly, most of us like the way things are.
Carol Bartz

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