Taking bold climate action now has the potential to unleash the full power of business and at the same time lift millions of people out of poverty. We're the first generation to recognize this and the last generation that will have this opportunity.

Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.

However small a company, its founders should try to expand people's opportunities and choices.

What matters is working with a few close friends, people you respect, knowing that if times did turn bad these people would hold together.

I never set out to be a businessman

Unless you dream, you're not going to achieve anything.

I am always working on the go. I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life. Fortunately I am able to work from my home and can answer my e-mails in the morning, play tennis or kitesurf in the afternoon to keep fit and have meetings or phone calls in between.