USA Today survey: 13 percent of CEOs drive a hybrid
USA Today asked 90 CEOs what they drive and thirteen percent said they drive a hybrid. Here are the some of the reasons the CEOs gave for choosing a hybrid:
- Phil Libin, CEO of the Sunnyvale, California technology company EverNote, says his Lexus GS450 is like "driving a giant Bluetooth headset. ... Hybrid-ness means several extra screens of status indicators."
- Bob Peterson, president of Melton Truck Lines, does not think his Camry hybrid is as "manly" as the GMC Yukon Denali SUV he traded in but he was tired of sending oil money to Venezuela and Iran.
- Bert Hancock, owner of Robert Hancock property management, says "this is Warren Buffett country, where people are suspicious of those with flashy jewelry and big cars." Bert says his employees will think he is a "pompous jerk" if he drove a black Hummer.
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Dad 9:44PM (12/12/2007)
"USA Today asked 90 CEOs what they drive and thirteen percent said they drive a hybrid"
I hope no one considers this a valid study. It is just pure BS. You can get any result you want by asking the 90 CEOs of your choice. This is junk.
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Throwback 8:17AM (12/13/2007)
What useless information. Is USA Today trying to show that some CEOs are now buying hybrids? If so, who cares? Ask 90 different CEOs and 20% of them probably drive S-class Benzs. There seems to be this obsession with writing a "hybrid" article/story every 2 days among the national media.
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pditty 9:51AM (12/13/2007)
when you have 15 cars, one may as well be a green status symbol, so i'm sure they do own them.
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amg 12:24PM (12/13/2007)
"Ralph Bianculli [...] if you needed a surgeon, would you want one that drives a '07 Mercedes or a '95 Chevy Malibu?"
What a really horrible, materialistic attitude that I do think unfortunately reflects the materialistic culture in which we Americans live. There are those of us who place a higher priority on our quality of of life than we do on fulfilling other people's expectations. Sadly for so many people, quality of life includes the need to impress upon others how wealthy they are. Doubly sad given the ever-widening gap between the rich and the rest.
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Ben 9:21PM (12/21/2007)
They didn't make a '95 Chevy Malibu.
Gee, what a smart CEO!
and the other guy drives a Prius
....and he's a pilot. Ok, then.
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