Alexei Mordashov Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Well... I graduated from the business school of Northumberland University in Newcastle.”

“What you need to keep most in the U.S. is the entrepreneurial spirit.”

“Building companies involves creating great wealth. If that means I am an oligarch, OK, it's fine. But if being an oligarch is about buying football clubs, it is not for me.”

“In a literal sense, even a private company, of course, cannot do everything that it wants without some discussion with government. As a good corporate citizen, Severstal discussed the idea of a merger with Arcelor with the Russian government.”

“Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders.”

“When we put $4 billion into the U.S. economy, they were OK with this. When we preserved jobs in Dearborn, or preserved jobs in Columbus, or preserved jobs in Pennsylvania, everyone was happy.”