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I have no doubt that my M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business was one of the best investments I ever made. It helped me climb the corporate ladder and become an entrepreneur.

I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.

What you get out of an M.B.A. programme, no matter how much experience, is functional tools and understanding in disciplines: you'll understand economics, you'll understand marketing, finance, accounting. That, M.B.A. programmes do very well.

I.B.M. was my college education, effectively. They were very good at teaching you management.

I'm a businessman, and what I know is numbers and business.

Often, M.B.A.s will parachute around from one company or industry to another, without really understanding what's behind it.

M&A is always an opportunistic tool to grow a company.

I went to Huddersfield University Business School. That's where I learned my trade.

As much as you need to know your operations, if you don't understand the finance side and how to do the business, you're never going to be successful. So you might be the best operator or visionary, but if you don't understand the finance side... I'm successful because I know the finance side, but I also know operations; it's not an accident.

At first, the only thing that I learned was to save. Then I learned about mutual fund, then later on direct stock investments. I also went into small businesses and even real estate.