If there is one thing I have learned on this incredible journey we call life, it is this: the sign of a truly successful individual is humility.

We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.

I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.

My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.

I have seen humility in many of the finest leaders I have met the world over. And indeed, it is embodied in the warm, engaging and quintessentially successful spirit of Sir Richard Branson.

Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.

If there is one thing I have learned on this incredible journey we call life, it is this: the sign of a truly successful individual is humility.