Christie Hefner

“Try not to be either intimidated by or a captive of jargon. Even though it's language, and language is about communication, it often exists actually to obfuscate and to control power and not to communicate.”

“From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money.”

“My mother thinks I could have even run a larger company.”

“My mother thinks I could have even run a larger company.”

“In college, my big money memory was saving up to buy a car with my boyfriend, whom I lived with.”

“Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.”