Entrepreneurs should never work with big corporations.

There is no point mucking around and saying we are just going to have one or two shops and that's it... we are going to reach, you know, 40 shops around the world. I want 150 shops in China.

I shout at people... I am told that I'm a tyrant, but I still get things done, so that is fine.

I'm extraordinarily lucky to have so many friends across such a diverse group of people. One day I'll be at Oxford, the next at some complete idiot's lunch.

It's very important to be curious in a very universal way. Whether someone is poor or rich, I'm curious about everything.

I didn't like law. Every client had a problem, and I didn't want to listen to people's problems; I had enough of my own.

I'm not surprised about the lack of women on boardrooms. They were only emancipated 200 years ago, and historically, men have dominated. I welcome women as long as they qualify for the job.

It's going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.

The idea that there is a difference between East and West is nonsense. You both hand over your card with two hands. If someone were to give me a million pounds, I couldn't care if they handed it to me within their toes.

The crux of the matter was... the partnership between Richemont and myself was going sour for personal reasons, and you know, you can't have two people arguing all the time, so it was either my buying him out or him buying me out.