Alisher Usmanov

I'm really lucky to be successful in business, and I think it's a healthy thing when people with such a fortune give something back to society

We believe that justice conquers after all, even if sometimes life's not enough for it.

To worry about people... It's very bad for your health, and even more so as you get older, you keep it all inside you. Previously, you could scorch everything with one phrase and get rid of it, but now it is inconvenient — you can neither be rude nor even shout.

My main principle as the President of the International Fencing Federation is never to use my position to achieve advantages for Russian athletes, but to fundamentally resist attempts of biased judging.

Patronage during the Renaissance was considered quite a responsible affair. Philanthropists supported artists, believed in them and never allowed themselves to interfere directly with the creative process of people of art. I myself profess similar principles in the field of cooperation with outstanding cultural figures.

Pierre de Coubertin’s ideas and messages are surprisingly still up-to-date representing the philosophy of the Olympic movement. This is a multifaceted and wise philosophy and everyone finds something personally important in it. I personally view as very important such ideas as people’s aspiration for perfection and unification, since only a peaceful competition forms the noble basis for the Olympic movement. This is as relevant as ever in the modern world, which opens unlimited opportunities for people, but at the same time is being torn by conflicts, contradictions and standoffs. However, I am an optimist and I strongly believe in the bright future of the international Olympic movement, I am glad to see changes that took place in the sports movement of Russia.

I'm not a fatalist, but I don't like to be dependent on something or someone. I can only depend on my president or my wife.

High-tech companies should be managed by the young generation — talented and ambitious people who are acutely aware of the trends of modern digital business development.

I am not the king of the Internet. Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg, Grishin, Durov are its kings. And I'm an Internet's merchant and its fan.