The hard part of running a business is that there are a hundred things that you could be doing, and only five of those actually matter, and only one of them matters more than all of the rest of them combined. So figuring out there is a critical path thing to focus on and ignoring everything else is really important.

Intelligence is usually easy to tell in a 10-minute conversation. Determination is harder.

AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.

People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.

I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for 'Barron's' magazine and I found a lot to write about.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.

When I first came into money, I bought six or seven homes. One weekend I went to Miami and bought an apartment and a mansion several blocks from each other, which was not that bright!

No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.