Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me.

Money is not the thing that drives me. I like to develop assets to create value. No one cares how rich you are or what your ranking is in Forbes magazine.

You could have all the money in the world, but you have to be smart enough knowing how to spend it. I really try to be on that smart money side. Once you make a serious mistake you can suffer five or six years, and I do my best to avoid serious mistakes.

I work 12 to 14 hours a day, and in the spare time I do sport.

No one doing big business can avoid some contact with government agencies, regulators, and policy makers.

I've never lost my cool. Even in love affairs. If you have Plan B and Plan C, you are all the time relaxed.

I think women make the same mistake with me all the time. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.