Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It's a symbol.

Oh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.

A good product can last forever.

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.

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

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.

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. .