Here's What Some Top CEOs Are Saying About President-Elect Donald Trump

Here is a recap of what the executives had to say: Image Credit: By Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

• Bill Ackman, billionaire investor and hedge fund manager: "I woke up extremely bullish on Trump. We now have a business man as president, and he has power."
• Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS: "His policies are market supportive now."
• Stanley Druckenmiller, founder of Duquesne Capital: "I'm quite, quite optimistic on the economy."
• Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz SE (ADR) AZSEY's chief economic adviser: "If he focuses on corporate tax reform, on infrastructure, on deregulation, the markets would like that."
• Carl Icahn, chairman of Icahn Enterprises LP IEP: "I personally don't believe that Trump is bad for the market necessarily."
• Bob Iger, CEO of Walt Disney Co DIS: "We're not as competitive as we need to be as a country. I think that is going to be addressed on a timely — meaning a fast — basis. That's certainly good."
• Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, Inc. PEP: "I think we should mourn for those of us who supported the other side. But we have to come together and life has to go on."
• James Paulsen, Wells Capital Management's chief investment strategist: "If Trump is the best for the economy, he's also going to be the best for the stock market."
• Kate Richard, CEO of Warwick Energy Group: "I think a Trump presidency is actually very bullish long-term for oil and gas."
• Eric Schmidt, Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL's executive chairman: "I think we should congratulate the next president of the United States."
• Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks Corporation SBUX: "There was an outcry for change and we got it."
• Arthur Steinmetz, CEO of Oppenheimerfunds: "The S&P 500 has done better when the president's popularity rating is below 50 percent."
• Jason Trennert, Strategas Research Partners' founder: "It would be pharmaceuticals, it would be financials that you'd want to look for."
• Richard Lefrak, president of the Lefrak Organization: "I think Donald is going to be a fantastic leader."
• Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric Company GE: "The opportunities are unlimited."