Xavier Niel Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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 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.”

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

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

“You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.”

“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.”

“France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken.”