Develop the business around the people; build it, don't buy it; and, then, be the best.

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

In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be heading down the nightmare that it is today.

Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset.

Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it

All you have in life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name, then you'll never be happy. The thought will always lurk at the back of your mind that people don't trust you.

Everybody has a camera on their phone these days, everybody wants a selfie or a picture, and the moment one person starts taking a picture everybody congregates around so I've become quite a fast walker. I don't like saying, "No," to people but by walking fast one might be able to avoid the first photo.