World's Top Executives and the Best Advice They Received

4. Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway:

Berkshire Hathaway director Thomas Murphy once told Warren "Never forget Warren, you can tell a guy to go to hell tomorrow — you don't give up the right. So just keep your mouth shut today, and see if you feel the same way tomorrow."

5. Larry Page, co-founder, Google:

Larry was quoted saying "In graduate school at Stanford University, I had about ten different ideas of things I wanted to do, and one of them was to look at the link structure of the web. My advisor, Terry Winograd, picked that one out and said, 'Well, that one seems like a really good idea.' So I give him credit for that."

6.  Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs:

Lloyd’s boss at Goldman during the 1980s told him "First, it's good to solicit your people's opinions before you give them yours. And second, your people will be very influenced by how you carry yourself under stress."