Xavier Niel quotes
YouTube is a problem. It has very big traffic, but it refuses to contribute to the weight of that traffic.
YouTube is a problem. It has very big traffic, but it refuses to contribute to the weight of that traffic.
Personally, I have invested in around ten U.S. companies and will continue to do so. That doesn't give me a strong experience in the American market. But I have an understanding of the public.
France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken.
Mark Zuckerberg did his own software for Facebook, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin made their own for Google.
The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.
Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates.
France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are French. They had a habit of, let's say, getting along with each other, and the prices traditionally were very high.
I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.
It's funny how the smallest things I've done speak the loudest about me, but I like that.
The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat.
Stephane Richard is far more attuned to the market than Didier Lombard.