Tim Buckley
The Steward
Legacy, values and the long now, leadership as care and continuity.
Tim Buckley embodies The Steward through a dual fidelity, to the individual investors whose financial lives Vanguard serves and to the colleagues he deliberately elevates above his own profile. The Vanguard CEO measures success not by personal recognition but by the retirement security of clients and the career trajectories of mentees.
“How do you do it directly advising clients? How do you help advisors become better at what they're doing so people can keep more of their return? They have a better chance of raising the investment success of their clients. So that's how we define what we do. Private equity is just one of those.”
“Which one do we want to choose here? I would say they. I got a few of them. But let's go with conviction. A lesson here that I'll go back in time that I mentioned that hype, and I was the web guy, and I was convinced the world was going to change overnight, and online advice was going to take off and aggregation would be a key element of…”
“I think it's tough for every company out there. When you've hired thousands of people who've never set foot on a campus and you often model the behavior in a culture. And so the first thing for us is it's in the leaders that you actually select. And that's so crucial for us. So in our screening, you get odd interview questions.”
“It's been a learning time and it's been a growth time is what I would say Barry. It's been an incredible opportunity if you think about what Vanguard's all about. We sit there each and every day figuring out how do we help people retire better, put their kids through college, afford that dream home.”
Masters in Business: “Tim Buckley on Finding His Purpose With Vanguard”
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