Xavier Niel Quotes

A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.
Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates.
'Entrepreneur' is a French word.
France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are French. They had a habit of, let's say, getting along with each other, and the prices traditionally were very high.
France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken.
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.
From France, you can call anywhere in the world for free. Americans can't do that!
Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.
I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat.
I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
I have done a lot of stupid things in my life.
I know one business, and that's how to make software.
I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
I made a lot of money, and I want to give something back to my country.
I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
I'd rather people talked about the 1,000 most successful French Internet companies instead of the 5 or 10 faces we already know - including mine.
If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.
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Xavier Niel
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25 August, 1967
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