Most countries in Africa have the capacity to be great agricultural producers, but they do only subsistence production. So a family will produce for themselves and nothing more. Why? Because of the systems: The markets are not there to go beyond.
Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away. - Nicolas Berggruen
Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away.
- Nicolas Berggruen
I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat. - Nicolas Berggruen
I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.
Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accep… - Nicolas Berggruen
Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accep…
At the end, the key thing is you've got to live with yourself. That's the real test. Everything else is fleeting. - Nicolas Berggruen
At the end, the key thing is you've got to live with yourself. That's the real test. Everything else is fleeting.
Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world. - Nicolas Berggruen
Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world.
I felt I was owned by possessions. - Nicolas Berggruen
I felt I was owned by possessions.
Other people might have family - three kids or five houses. In my case, that doesn't exist. I'm going to give everything away. Everything has been tr… - Nicolas Berggruen
Other people might have family - three kids or five houses. In my case, that doesn't exist. I'm going to give everything away. Everything has been tr…
Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it. - Nicolas Berggruen
Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.
I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.' - Nicolas Berggruen
I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'
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