David Herro Quotations

We go where there is value, not where everyone else goes. Sometimes the best value is where no one else is at.

Maurice Saatchi cultivated the press instead of the clients.

Managers, instead of following their convictions, are following the crowd. There is a herd instinct.

Whereas Toyota is the world leader in autos from an operational perspective, they are still a laggard in terms of running the business for the owners. They do not appear to care about maximizing shareholder value.

We rallied the shareholders to vote out Mr. Saatchi, and then we told the board we were going to vote them out.

You have to be careful because of the nature of the corporate structure.

What changed my mind about getting a doctorate is the university stressed research over teaching. I wanted to teach.

Europe has done well, so they are all in Europe. We believe our shareholders pay us to make investment decisions. They don't pay us to look like the index.

The shareholders have done very well since he left. We probably tripled our original investment over seven years.

It's real hard for us to think that it's anywhere near a sell.

It has the most significant port operations on an island nation. I trust the management and will leave it to them, but given the quality of the assets there seems room on the upside.

I continue to think that, as a region, the Pacific Rim looks good. Brazil is still undervalued. Stocks from the U.K. and New Zealand are undervalued.

You'd be hard-pressed to find that somewhere else.