self-interested

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The fault, he said, lay with Lululemon’s board, which he said lacked experience in creative businesses, was uninterested in product development and quality, and focused on “short-term, self-interested priorities.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

“It is clear that persistent failures like this are born out of this Board’s lack of experience in creative businesses, disinterest in product development and quality, and focus on short-term, self-interested priorities,” he continued.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Lawmakers insisted upon this independence to ensure that it could operate “unfettered by political dictates, self-interested industry pressure or blind consumer zeal.”

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025

But they also have self-interested reasons to get involved.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

The first was that he was transparently self-interested and self-promotional.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis