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Susan Wagner Quotes

12 quotes from Susan Wagner — Co-founder of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager ($10T+ in assets under management)..

Failure is the Doorway You Have Been Seeking

Suzanne Wagner, July 13, 2020Perseverance

War builds its weapons with words and lies.

Suzanne Wagner, July 16, 2017Conflict

Love, Integrity, Kindness and Honor

Values

Intelligent Expansion

Suzanne Wagner, December 17, 2024Growth

Childbirth

Life

Reality, Truth, and Lies

Suzanne Wagner, October 2, 2020Truth

The world is not static, so how can you stay static? Your clients' needs are not the same as they were. How are you going to keep serving them well without being willing to adapt and evolve?

Susan Wagner, Wellesley College Magazine, 2025

You can work with others to solve problems and pursue ideas.

Susan Wagner, Wellesley College Commencement Address, May 2014

I didn't want to look over my shoulder and say, 'What if?'

Susan Wagner, on co-founding BlackRock

What Wellesley really does is it nourishes the foundational educational principles that fuel curiosity.

Susan Wagner, on Wellesley's influence

In poetry, in Shakespeare's plays, every word was thought about and carefully chosen. I loved that economy of language.

Susan Wagner, on poetry and precision

The other side of risk is opportunity.

Susan Wagner, on the relationship between risk and opportunity

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