France

“At that time, China did not have a home fragrance industry. To produce that kind of oil, you need a chemical compounding facility, and they were not used to that. They used to sell their cinnamons and their jasms overseas. The French and the U.S. Will then tur…”

“I started a production company, then I set up my own label, And I sold over a period of eight years that I lived there on my own label, ah, more than eighteen million records.”

“We have a joint venture in Great Britain and France and Germany where we own with our partner half, that's about 60 stores, and then over here we own about 450 out of the 1400.”

“And I sold over a period of eight years that I lived there on my own label, ah, more than eighteen million records.”

“Well, this first record that I produced, ah, went platinum.”

“Out of the, out of about 14, 1500 restaurants, we have a joint venture in Great Britain and France and Germany where we own With our partner, half. That's about 60 stores. And then over here, we own about 450 out of the 1400.”

“I was frustrated because at that time, China did not have a home fragrance industry. To produce that kind of oil, you need a chemical compounding facility, and they were not used to that. They used to sell their cinnamons and their jasms overseas. The French a…”

“And I chose to Taxi, because Queen Latifah just had a hit with Steve Martin, and it was the most successful film of all time in France.”

“We even had a rice culture in Senegal, but because of our connection with the French, we started importing broken rice from Vietnam so that Senegalese farmers would focus on growing peanuts that we need for our industries. Colonization was a business. So the F…”

“During COVID, everything gone up. All the pricing gone up everywhere. And I decided to import my butter and my flour from France. No, it's not cheaper. It's a lot more expensive. But you differentiate yourself from the competition because the quality of the in…”

“Like, someone asked me once, would you have done this if you were in France? I said, I told them, probably not. Yeah. New York is a very open-minded city that would let you explore. So long you give them good food at fair price, and you respect your customers,…”

“By nature, in France, people think that bread should be cheap. And I, you know, I don't believe in that. I believe the bread should be a little bit more expensive. It takes so much labor and so much time.”

“My CFO and I were meeting with investors in Barcelona or Madrid or something like that when we got a call from our French office that there was some, like, error in the spreadsheet they were using to Track stuff, and we were gonna miss our number in, in France…”

“He loves France so much, he even became a dual U.S.-French citizen back in 2018. The French government waives its residency requirements for certain people who it believes will contribute to French culture or the economy.”