> Extracting the maximum amount of money possible is the primary purpose of a company. [citation needed] More subtle consideration: over what period of time?

> Extracting the maximum amount of money possible is the primary purpose of a company. [citation needed] More subtle consideration: over what period of time? A quarter? Year? Decade? Other? The leadership at Boeing tried to maximize numbers for a while, and where are they now? Jack Welch who is/was all about monetary results: > Regarding shareholder value, Welch said in a Financial Times interview on the global financial crisis of 2008–2009, "On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world. Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy...your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products."[69] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Welch#Politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Welch#Politics