To me, the word profitable means sustainable - able to sustain a business that has a high degree of excellence.
The flintstones was the most profitable network cartoon franchise for 30 years, that's before the simpsons came along.
These companies are highly profitable and now have valuations that we consider reasonable.
What was a profitable business in one era can become a public utility and a recognized public good in the next.
My thing is to have a good, profitable company, for it to be 100% owned independently.
In 2014, Blackstone was the most profitable money manager in the world. I did not anticipate that.
It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.
We work hard to be profitable or breakeven at lower rates. How far we can bring it down, we will have to see.