Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was young, I was an academically oriented guy like most academically oriented guys. I graduated in science, did an MBA. My dreams as a young boy were I wanted to be an industrialist, or I wanted to be a scientist.
Starting my career as a kid, I was doing what jobs I got.
As a kid, I harbored this fantasy of starting a company. I looked at the entrepreneur column in Forbes. I looked at it every month and thought, 'I want to be that guy.'
I'd started working when I was 21 and had been very determined about my career, very focused, even as a little kid, so it was something I had been working at for a long time.
I became an entrepreneur as a child. I liked the art of the deal whether I was mowing lawns or selling candy or promoting clubs at the age of 16. I understood early on the importance of knowing my numbers and surrounding myself with the best people.
All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.
I always wanted to have my own company. It was a psychological issue.
When I was younger, I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry.
When I was 22, I realised I wanted to be an inventor.
I felt like I was going crazy as a kid. I wanted to be man, get a job.