Xavier Niel

France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are…

— Xavier Niel

I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.

— Xavier Niel

'Entrepreneur' is a French word.

— Xavier Niel

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

— Xavier Niel

Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.

— Xavier Niel

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…

— Xavier Niel

I'm not unusual; it's the others who are strange.

— Xavier Niel

Stephane Richard is far more attuned to the market than Didier Lombard.

— Xavier Niel

The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.

— Xavier Niel

It's funny how the smallest things I've done speak the loudest about me, but I like that.

— Xavier Niel

The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour…

— Xavier Niel

The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage…

— Xavier Niel

If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.

— Xavier Niel

We have to help young people, because at the end of the day, we won't have an economy if we don't have…

— Xavier Niel

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

— Xavier Niel

From France, you can call anywhere in the world for free. Americans can't do that!

— Xavier Niel

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

— Xavier Niel

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

— Xavier Niel

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

— Xavier Niel

Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.

— Xavier Niel

Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.

— Xavier Niel

Personally, I have invested in around ten U.S. companies and will continue to do so. That doesn't give me a strong experience…

— Xavier Niel

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

— Xavier Niel

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

— Xavier Niel

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

— Xavier Niel