AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Industrialist Charles M. Schwab Dedication To Hard Work Helped Him Lead The Steel-Producing Pack.(A)(Leaders & Success)
Byline: Nancy Gondo
Investor's Business Daily
Charles Schwab didn't believe in saying "I don't know." If he didn't know something, he'd study it until he did.
Even in grade school, this stubborn will to learn was evident. In math class, if there was a problem that Schwab (1862-1939, no relation to the founder of Charles Schwab & Co.) couldn't solve, he never let on that this was the case. He believed he could figure out the answer.
"He'd go to the blackboard and
mark away with might and main," one of his teachers recalled in Robert Hessen'sbiography, "Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab." "And he wouldn't stopuntil he had solved the problem or had convinced us that he knew how to get the right answer."
This approach, along with hard work, an ability to deal well with people and a keen business sense, helped Schwab become the president of United States Steel Corp., the first billion-dollar enterprise, at age 39. A few years later, in 1901, he bought Bethlehem Steel Corp. and in 10 years built it into the world'ssecond-largest steel producer.
- Tire giant Les Schwab dies at 89.
- Newspaper article from: ORian (Portland, OR) May 19, 2007 700+ words
...a flat tire in my life," Schwab recalled in his 1986 biography, "Les Schwab, Pride in Performance, Keep...independence and rewarding hard work. All workers -- from the...service and its employees. Schwab's strategy for winning customers...
- Top Awards Again Go to Charles Schwab Retirement Plan Services in Plan Sponsor...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 16, 1999 700+ words
...for individual investors, schwab.com. This redesign focused...Operating Officer for Charles Schwab Retirement Plan Services. "It is also a testament to the hard work and dedication of the over...addition to the top rankings, Schwab earned commended rankings in...
- Tall order at Schwab.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) March 18, 2005 700+ words
...to the Newport Beach Center," Schwab said. Schwab will also beef up advertising...tournament in Newport Beach. But the hard work will go to employees like Murphy...persuade a friend to invest with Schwab, too. "We are most successful...
- Three Years Running, Top Awards Go to Schwab in Plan Sponsor Magazine's 2000...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 16, 2000 700+ words
...said Walt Bettinger, President of Schwab Retirement Plan Services. "Schwab has been servicing 401(k) plans...to our employees' experience and hard work." In addition to the top rankings, Schwab earned "commended" rankings in...
- Charles Schwab Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction According to Newest J.D....
- Newspaper article from: Investment Weekly News October 24, 2009 700+ words
...point scale). Additionally, Schwab receives the highest scores...satisfaction with the web site. Schwab also performs particularly...members, but also due to the hard work of all the people behind the...support options we have at Schwab." The official J.D. Power...
- Charles Schwab Buys Austin, Texas, Stock-Trading Software Startup.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Cocks, Heather February 3, 2000 700+ words
...hit the jackpot -- Charles Schwab Corp., the nation's top...There's been a lot of hard work by everyone toward this goal...officials. The purchase expands Schwab's customer base by giving...Shares in San Francisco-based Schwab crept up just 12 1/2 cents...
- Schwab's E-Alliance: ValuBond Offers Clients Net-Based Purchases.
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Carpenter, Sheri June 9, 2000 700+ words
...independent from Schwab, but who use Schwab's custody and execution capabilities...of the clients who log on to Schwab's Web site will know that...ValuBond's Web site. "The Schwab Web site will look the same...of technology and a lot of hard work on ValuBond's part, they...
- Q&A: Marketing at Schwab; CEO Dave Pottruck on past mistakes and walking the...
- Magazine article from: Advertising Age June 21, 2004 700+ words
...price and more. AA: In 2003 Schwab slashed spending on advertising...development was up 29%, and Schwab has said it expects full...about the engineering and the hard work. It is about making every...good number going forward for Schwab? Pottruck: It's a pretty...
