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The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.

As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

I would like to be remembered as a responsible human being who handled business while also taking care of his family.

With wealth comes responsibility.

I was given the opportunity to run a business, but on that very same day, I understood that it comes with a lot of responsibility, and responsibility comes at a price.

I'd be the last guy to tell a wealthy person what to do with their money. They're entitled to do whatever they want.

I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

I'm not Bill Gates. And I'm not Ted Turner.