The major challenge facing most foundations is that they are risk averse. This inhibits their ability to experiment and commit to the experimentation and innovation process.

Wall Street is populated by a bunch of people whose primary goal is to make money, and the rules are pretty much caveat emptor.

People don't like it, but inevitably we need to think about both the costs and the benefits of health care. We cannot avoid the financial consequences.

The most obvious things are often right there, but you don't think about them because you've narrowed your vision.

New York City is the most important location in the world... it is the center for fashion, culture and finance.

I'm actually pretty frugal with my money.

Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security, and they do a lot of nine-to-five stuff.

In a globally interdependent world, a better financial and investment system cannot be achieved on a country-by-country basis. There may be no one-size-fits-all model for economic development, but without global standards and complementary regulations, the long-term outlook for the world economy will remain bleak.