In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU - nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.

At the end, the key thing is you've got to live with yourself. That's the real test. Everything else is fleeting.

If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

Other people might have family - three kids or five houses. In my case, that doesn't exist. I'm going to give everything away. Everything has been transferred to charitable trusts. There is no question about that. The question is where, not if.

The biggest determinant in our lives is culture, where we are born, what the environment looks like. But the second biggest determinant is probably governance, good governance or a certain kind of governance makes a huge difference in our lives.

Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world.