20 Quotes by Peter Hargreaves

I think I've been a moderately good boss. I've made a lot of people extremely wealthy - I think we've created 30 millionaires.

Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.

People in retail banks are not smart. They have a business model that's quite difficult to not make money out of - but still they somehow manage it.

Range Rovers are the greenest cars on the road.

The Conservatives, along with Labour, I don't think understand what it is like to run a business.

We need an honest politician in charge who doesn't care whether they are re-elected and is prepared to make the unpopular decisions.

When I fly to European destinations, I always fly economy; I don't fly business class - there is no advantage apart from a few more inches of room.

I couldn't have predicted the business would be worth so much. I could see that we would have this sort of market share, but I didn't realise the numbers would be so large.

I knew my successor would be better than me for the next stage of the company's life. And it was a relief - I'd been doing it for 30 years. My only worry was what the hell I was going to do with my time.