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.

I think business needs to have a heart and to have a heart a company must be more than just a moneymaking machine.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got.

If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.

Protect your reputation. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

We went all the way down the Himalayan chain for a day and a half. That was magnificent, except the Chinese told us they were going to shoot us down if we came out the far end. So I spent a lot of my time contacting former Prime Minister Tony Blair begging him to tell the Chinese we were coming in this direction by mistake and could he please say we have no nasty motives for flying into their territory.