David Tang

I'm not surprised about the lack of women on boardrooms. They were only emancipated 200 years ago, and historically, men have dominated. I welcome women as long as they qualify for the job.

If you are a friend of somebody and that friend is in trouble, you don't just drop them.

The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'.

It's very important to be curious in a very universal way. Whether someone is poor or rich, I'm curious about everything.

Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in Chinese.

The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them.

Stephen Fry is a master exponent of the English tongue. Some people might think that he is the most irritating man in Britain, but my wife and I love him all the same.

My existence is fuller of other people's experiences than my own. If they cut open my brain, these are what I would retain most.

The beauty of the Internet is that there's no space limit.

It was something of a personal challenge for me to come up with a business suitable for the Internet world and the Internet age.

Entrepreneurs should never work with big corporations.

The crux of the matter was... the partnership between Richemont and myself was going sour for personal reasons, and you know, you can't have two people arguing all the time, so it was either my buying him out or him buying me out.