At the core of Wriston's prophecy lies a simple intuition about the pace of technology.
Under the stars on the Stanford campus, I told Wriston how wise his words were.
Wriston's Law is named after the late Walter Wriston, a giant of banking and finance.
This is named after the late Walter Wriston, a giant of banking and finance.
Wriston, former CEO and chairman of Citicorp, had flown in from New York to give a toast.
The word "revolution" has been grossly overused, but what Wriston did for finance was just that--a revolution.
By applying Wriston's Law of capital and talent flow, you can predict the fortunes of companies (and countries).
Ultimately, however, Walt Wriston achieved far, far more than those who have held these kinds of public-sector posts.
Citibank--then a lean company well run by banking pioneer Walter Wriston--found a way to get around those limits.
Moore's Law, Wriston's Law and a few other older truths help us see the world in which we live.
Another modern law was best described by banking legend Walter Wriston, a great thinker who died a year ago.
The word "revolution" has been grossly over-used, but what Wriston did for finance was just that -- a revolution.
In his 1992 book, The Twilight of Sovereignty, Wriston predicted the rise of electronic networks and their chief effect.
Last month I ran into Walter Wriston at a Hoover Institution dinner celebrating the careers of Milton and Rose Friedman.
France rejects Wriston's Law, and so it repels capital and talent.
America's success for most of its history owes to Wriston's Law.
Granted, some have criticized Rathmann for becoming starstruck, for courting Gates and packing the Icos board with famous names like former Citicorp CEO Walter Wriston.
Evidently the state of Maryland hasn't heard of Wriston's Law.
Wriston, who died in 2005, knew what made the global economy tick, and happily for us, wrote it all down in a book called The Twilight of Sovereignty.
Wriston Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
He said capital (meaning both money and ideas), when freed to travel at the speed of light, "will go where it is wanted, stay where it is well-treated...." By applying Wriston's Law of capital and talent flow, you can predict the fortunes of countries and companies.
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