Hugh McColl

North Carolina · resident South Carolina · born or raisedBorn 1935

American businessman (born 1935)

Born in Bennettsville
Lived in Charlotte
Studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Studied at Kenan–Flagler Business School

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All of the things that brought all of us are still here. It's a great place to live, great place to work and even though it sounds trite a great place to raise a family. So it's still a great town.

A certain amount of loan losses are good for the country and for banks. If you're not taking enough risk to have losses -- I'm talking about risk within the framework of reality -- then you're not taking enough risk.

We didn't like the law so we changed it. No question who changed it. It was NCNB, NationsBank.

There's no question that the financial collapse was caused by greed. There's no other word to describe it.

We’re running out of dirt so we’re going to have to go up

The business community always has a responsibility of trying to make this a better place to live and work