If the 1980s were about quality and the 1990s were about reengineering, then the 2000s will be about velocity.

Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world

So we do software for watches, for phones, for TV sets, for cars. And some of these take a long time to catch on.

I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'

50 years from now we won't need as much human labour to do what manual workers do, so we should be able to take that extra productivity and put it to better use.

Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place.

How much further beyond basic research the role of the government should be, you could have a really good debate about it. Almost nobody would say it's zero. But that's where at least we need the private sector to play a big role.