As an advisor, I can say what I want. If I were a politician, I would constantly have to compromise, and I'm incapable of doing that.

I strongly believe that those of us, who are privileged to have wealth, should contribute significantly to try and create a better world for the millions who are far less privileged

With the attention I got on my wealth, I thought I would have become a source of resentment, but it is just the other way around - it just generates that much more ambition in many people.

Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education.

If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there.

There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.

You cannot get into business for the fashion of it.