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Nicolas Berggruen

Nicolas Berggruen (/ˈbɜːrɡruːn, bɜːrˈɡruːən/; born 10 August 1961) is a philanthropist and investor. A dual American and German citizen, he is the founder and president of Berggruen Holdings, a private investment company and the Berggruen Institute, a think tank that works on addressing governance issues as well as the cultures and philosophies behind political systems. Through the Berggruen Institute he is also a co-founder, with the Huffington Post, of The WorldPost, a media publication dedicated to global issues.

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I felt I was owned by possessions.

Felt, Owned, Possession, 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 transferred to charitable trusts. There is no question about that. The question is where, not if.

Exist, Family, Give, Giving, Kids, People

California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

California, People, Risks, Take, Thinking, Vision

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

Grand, Interesting, Possessing, Things, Wealth, Zero

The biggest determinant in our lives is culture, where we are born, what the environment looks like. But the second biggest determinant is probably governance, good governance or a certain kind of governance makes a huge difference in our lives.

Certain, Culture, Differences, Good, Lives, Looks

I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it. '

Enjoyment, Saying

I don't have a house, and I don't have a lot of time for socializing, so every year I have a party for all of my friends.

Friends, House, Party, Year, Years

I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.

Drive, Passenger Seat, Passengers, Say, Seat, Want

Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away.

Everything, Give, Giving, Growing, Pot

If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.

Energy, Ifs, Perfectionist, Things

In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU - nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.

Coming, New York, Old, Photography, World, Years

Commodity exchanges have a lot of advantages. One, you are helping transparency. Two, they are not political. It's institutional building. It can survive any environment, in theory.

Building, Environment, Exchanges, Helping, Political, Two

California has something which not every place in the world has: It has what I would call a sunny side, and I don't mean just physically, but the sunny side is a future. California's worth saving, to put it bluntly.

Bluntly, California, Mean, Physically, World

Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.

Boring, Brunch, Charm