Everything I Do Now Is About Growing

In My Teens I Was Interested In Photography. Then I Decided That I Should Learn Something About The World Of Commerce. And I Came To America At Age 17 To Escape Europe. I Went To Nyu - Nothing Better Than Being 17 Years Old And Coming To New York.

The Biggest Determinant In Our Lives Is Culture, Where We Are Born, What The Environment Looks Like. But The Second Biggest Determinant Is Probably Governance, Good Governance Or A Certain Kind Of Governance Makes A Huge Difference In Our Lives.

Everybody Is Different And I Think That We Live In A Material World. But For Me, Possessing Things Is Not That Interesting. Living In A Grand Environment To Show Myself And Others That I Have Wealth Has Zero Appeal. Whatever I Own Is Temporary, Since We're Only Here For A Short Period Of Time. It's What We Do And Produce, It's Our Actions, That Will Last Forever. That's Real Value.

Other People Might Have Family - Three Kids Or Five Houses. In My Case, That Doesn't Exist. I'm Going To Give Everything Away. Everything Has Been Transferred To Charitable Trusts. There Is No Question About That. The Question Is Where, Not If.

Singapore Has Been Incredibly Well-managed. It Was Created Out Of The Swamp, With A Strong Emotional Idea: A Safe Place For Mostly Chinese, But Accepting Other Cultures And Other Races.