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It was always a challenge for me to prove that a Russian financial investor can be as successful in the West as back at home in Russia.

I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia - I believe that is my greatest wealth.

We like to be the largest outside investor, and the first outside investor.

I want to be known as one of the most accurate investors that ever lived.

I'm primarily just an investor.

I have invested in the stock market since I was very young.

I'm a stockholder. I own a lot of stocks.

My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares of Manulife. Now I'm the biggest individual shareholder of Manulife.

Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.

If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.