Jochen Zeitz Quotes
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I believe in 'business has a force for good.' You know, business has an impact on society. Of course, it creates jobs. It creates prosperity, but on the other hand, we also leave a negative footprint behind.
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We have to find alternative ways of producing our raw materials without asking nature to do it for us.
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Governments have a unique opportunity to incentivise corporations so that they can accelerate their evolution to a more sustainable economy through more sustainable practices and products.
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When I became CEO, I just didn't think about my age too much. I'm sure many people did think that my age mattered, but I didn't. That was probably because of my age.
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As much as I like to explore the world, I explore music - from classical to rock.
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I always wanted to be a medical doctor, and I never thought of business.
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Unless the local community signs up, wildlife won't survive. And without wildlife, no one will visit.
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I picked up the phone and called Herbert Hainer, the CEO of Adidas, and said, 'Well, it's Peace Day coming up. I think it's about time after 60 years to end this feud. How about doing something together?'
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Being able to dedicate 100 per cent of my time to impacting more businesses without being operational, it just gives me a bigger platform.
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Some of the greatest stars in the history of football have been under contract with Puma.
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It may sound crazy, but maybe there's an economic way of producing a leather-like product in the laboratory.
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The company was ready to close its doors; there was real financial distress. But on the other side, there was high brand awareness, but that was negative because Puma was perceived as low-priced. It had lost its cachet. It was a well-known brand without a presence.
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I call upon governments to start supporting companies to use more sustainable materials in their products instead of continuing with antiquated incentives, such as import duties on synthetic materials that are in principle much higher compared with those placed on leather goods regardless of the environmental footprint.
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Let's recreate the equivalent of the Met Ball in Europe and, rather than for the museum, give the money to environmental causes.
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We allow people to be creative. We set a direction, we set the vision, we set the strategy, but within that framework, we allow our people to be as creative as they want to be.
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If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won't be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick.
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I think South Africa has shown it can host such a big event as the World Cup, so why not hold the Olympics at some point in Africa? Maybe not just in one country but in a host of countries.
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In the long term, Greece is an important market for us.
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We should eat less meat - all of us - and we should use less leather. I mean, that's reality.
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I wanted Puma to regain strength with the existing logo rather than try to get rid of the past.
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When I started at Puma, you had a restaurant that was a Puma restaurant, an Adidas restaurant, a bakery. The town was literally divided. If you were working for the wrong company, you wouldn't be served any food; you couldn't buy anything. So it was kind of an odd experience.
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We believe that African football is among the best in the world and very much characterized the Puma brand mentality, which is to win.
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When I became CEO, Puma was bankrupt on paper.
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Everything is interconnected. The moment you take philosophy, psychology, religion and business and look at the underlying commonalities, that's when you start looking at business in a different way.