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,… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
Most countries in Africa have the capacity to be great agricultural producers, but they do only subsistence production. So a family will produce for themselves and nothing more. Why? Because of the systems: The markets are not there to go… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
The biggest determinant in our lives is culture, where we are born, what the environment looks like. But the second biggest determinant is probably… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
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,… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share
California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
I am not that attached to material things. And the good thing is I can make choices. I have very few possessions. Luckily, as… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
L.A. is very special to me, so far away from my world on the East Coast, Europe, Asia. It's a bit of an island… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal. — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
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… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
I understand the human instinct to want to create a nest and possess things, to show them off, but for me personally, it became… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
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… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat. — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away, — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
