Bradley Kent “Brad” Garlinghouse is the CEO of financial technology company Ripple Labs. He previously was the CEO and chairman of Hightail. Before Hightail, he worked at AOL and Yahoo! He was born on February 6, 1971, in Topeka, Kansas.
Inspirational Brad Garlinghouse Quotes:
1. “I had been exposed to bitcoin early. I thought the consumer application of it felt, to me, further away. I thought there would be faster adoption of the block chain in the enterprise space and with banks.” Brad Garlinghouse
2. “There is a lot of volatility in the digital asset market broadly, and certainly that is true in the bitcoin market. It’s been true for XRP, and I think that’s because these markets are very nascent.” Brad Garlinghouse
3. “I don’t think central banks are going to give up fiat currency anytime in my lifetime.” Brad Garlinghouse
4. “I’m a big fan of what Sales force has achieved.” Brad Garlinghouse
5. “Historically communications have been stuck in a bunch of different silos.” Brad Garlinghouse
6. “To me, if we’re not failing a little bit, we’re not trying hard enough.” Brad Garlinghouse
7. “Most turnarounds don’t turn.” Brad Garlinghouse
8. “Some of the people at Ripple I think are truly the smartest people I’ve ever worked with in my career, which makes it a lot of fun to go to work every day.” Brad Garlinghouse
9. “PayPal exists because banks are not interoperable: I can’t efficiently pay you $10 unless I’m giving you a $10 bill.” Brad Garlinghouse
10. “You should empower the creativity of others.” Brad Garlinghouse
11. “To me, if we’re not failing a little bit, we’re not trying hard enough. I think great cultures encourage risk and are tolerant of failure. If you don’t do that, you’re going to end up with a culture that is stagnant and not thinking about the next generation of products and experiences.” Brad Garlinghouse
12. “We look forward to further incorporating voice features into Yahoo!’s global services, from communications to search, to help simplify and improve the Internet experience for our hundreds of millions of users around the world.” Brad Garlinghouse
13. “Family is my fun.” Brad Garlinghouse
14. “Today, these are real niche applications. The exciting thing is that Yahoo is taking Web 2.0 to the masses.” Brad Garlinghouse
15. “As I was looking around, to me, what was happening in the block chain and crypto world was a movement.” Brad Garlinghouse
16. “We view voice as a fundamental aspect of the instant messaging experience. We will continue to enhance and expand the voice functionality within Messenger.” Brad Garlinghouse
17. “If the cryptocurrency market overall or a digital asset is solving a problem, it’s going to drive some value.” Brad Garlinghouse
18. “If a business has to be told that it needs more focus, accountability, and decisiveness, there is a bigger problem at hand.” Brad Garlinghouse
19. “There are a lot of really fabulous things that get done with digital assets and block chain technologies to reduce friction, reduce costs, and enable things that weren’t possible before.” Brad Garlinghouse
20. “‘Be in’ is all about passion. Life is short. There are so many interesting things we can do in our life, and I feel like if someone is just kind of showing up, it’s not worth it for them or for us.” Brad Garlinghouse
21. “Some of the uses being implemented for block chain could actually work better with a database.” Brad Garlinghouse
22. “Yahoo is a great company, and anyone should be proud to be CEO.” Brad Garlinghouse
23. “To be candid, I think, in retrospect, it was a mistake to work at AOL when I did. I think I had rose-coloured glasses about the opportunity to reinvent AOL.” Brad Garlinghouse
24. “Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and services essential to people’s lives. Our collaboration with Siemens enables us to offer our Yahoo! Messenger with Voice services beyond the PC, on additional devices. Working with Siemens will greatly increase the potential for new and existing users to take advantage of our rich communications suite. Today’s announcement is the first step in a relationship that will expand and continue to benefit both Yahoo! and Siemens customers for a long time to come.” Brad Garlinghouse
25. “Block chain technologies will change transactions in a broadways.” Brad Garlinghouse