I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone.

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. .

What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell to China, when usually it's the opposite.

From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.

Working in the context of ultra-famous brands like Dior and Vuitton, creative spirits are always going to feel reined in. It's important that they are free to develop ideas. And rather than detracting from the principal job, it reinforces it. I think of that money as venture capital. It's not a big investment.

I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.

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