China is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population and the buying power increasing by the day. .

I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I'm not very patient myself. But I think that I've learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it's the right time.

In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.

I meet the designers very often, we discuss the products, they show me their ideas, we discuss the ad campaigns and every new invention that we can find for the future.

I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.

Affordable luxury - these are two words that don't go together.

I've always been pleased with the investments I've made with my friend Albert Frere and I regret not having followed him more, because I would have been a lot richer.