Chris Bangle is the founder and CEO of HarperCollins, one of the world's leading publishers of fiction and nonfiction. A former publisher at Simon & Schuster, he was also a founding partner of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., where he served as chairman of the board and CEO during its most successful period. He was president of Random House Publishing Group from 1998 to 2002 before becoming chairman and CEO of Penguin Group USA in 2002.
Cars are the sculptures of our everyday lives.Chris Bangle
We at BMW do not build cars as consumer objects, just to drive from A to B. We build mobile works of art.Chris Bangle
The old 7 Series, the E38, was an elegant car, an evolution of the classic BMW look. But it wasn't penetrating the luxury market as we desired. It just didn't have the presence to be noticed.Chris Bangle
