It is much more convenient not to be a public company. As a private company you don't have to give information to the public. Secrecy is an important factor of success in the commodity business. Marc Rich
Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want. Richard Branson
You can't be an entrepreneur and work in a public company anymore. Irving Azoff
The question was, in a sense, at Princeton Review, how much value was I adding as a public company CEO. I was adding less than other people might've... I think you want to move on when you've given your best work and then feel that you're not going to add as much value moving forward. John Katzman
Once you're head of a public company you are expected to perform; you're like an unpaid greyhound on a racetrack called the stock market. They'd take bets on us, but not add anything at all. Alec Reed
I enjoy not being a public company. Marc Andreessen