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Xavier Niel quotes: Mark Zuckerberg did his own software for Facebook, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin made their own for Google.

Mark Zuckerberg did his own software for Facebook, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin made their own for Google.

Xavier Niel quotes: I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.

I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.

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

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

Xavier Niel quotes: Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.

Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.

Xavier Niel quotes: You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.

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

Xavier Niel quotes: In life, you need a house and a car. After that, you have a choice.

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

Xavier Niel quotes: When you love competition, you don't want the market to consolidate.

When you love competition, you don't want the market to consolidate.

Xavier Niel quotes: We have to help young people, because at the end of the day, we won't have an economy if we don't have them.

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

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

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

Xavier Niel quotes: Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.

Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.

Xavier Niel quotes: France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken.

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

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

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

Xavier Niel quotes: I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.

I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.

Xavier Niel quotes: We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society.

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

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

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

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

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

Xavier Niel quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Xavier Niel quotes: YouTube is a problem. It has very big traffic, but it refuses to contribute to the weight of that traffic.

YouTube is a problem. It has very big traffic, but it refuses to contribute to the weight of that traffic.

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

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

Xavier Niel quotes: Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.

Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.

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

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

Xavier Niel quotes: A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.

A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.

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

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

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

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

Xavier Niel quotes: I have done a lot of stupid things in my life.

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

Xavier Niel quotes: The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.

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

Xavier Niel quotes: Stephane Richard is far more attuned to the market than Didier Lombard.

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

Xavier Niel quotes: We need to create an ecosystem which will make young people want to start their own company.

We need to create an ecosystem which will make young people want to start their own company.

Xavier Niel quotes: I'm not unusual; it's the others who are strange.

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

Xavier Niel quotes: If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.

If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.

Xavier Niel quotes: I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.

I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.

Xavier Niel quotes: The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'

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

Xavier Niel quotes: I know one business, and that's how to make software.

I know one business, and that's how to make software.