John Rogers
The Steward
Legacy, values and the long now, leadership as care and continuity.
John Rogers reads as The Steward, a designation the OTA Leadership Index grounds in his own account on The David Rubenstein Show. As founder of Ariel Investments, his leadership carries the steward's defining marks: patience over spectacle, custodianship over conquest, and a conviction that capital exists to be protected and compounded on behalf of others. Rogers leads as someone entrusted with something larger than himself, and behaves accordingly.
“We should always keep money saved for a rainy day. Sure enough we had a hurricane with the financial crisis, but we had saved enough capital so we could continue to pay our salaries and keep our key people in place.”
“Our legacy will be that we were able to build the most diverse money management firm in the country's history and deliver excellence and performance at the same time, and be role models for others to get into financial services.”
“I've been fishing in the same fishing pond — not only value stocks, but small and midsized value stocks — the entire timeframe. We're a team of grizzled veterans. We think we can replicate our performance in the future.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “John Rogers”
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