Xavier Niel

When you love competition, you don't want the market to consolidate.

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.

I made a lot of money, and I want to give something back to my country.

We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society.

I'm always investing. I'm constantly in talks with someone about some opportunity.

You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.

I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat.

I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.

Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates.

I have done a lot of stupid things in my life.

In life, you need a house and a car. After that, you have a choice.

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.