Arpad Busson
Arpad Busson
Arpad Bussonis a London-based French financier. Busson entered the world of hedge funds in 1986 working in New York. He is the founder and Chairman of the EIM Group, a fund of funds company. Busson is also active in a number of philanthropic causes around the globe. According to the French business magazine Challenges, financier Arpad Busson is a multi-millionaire with a net worth of €150 million at 2013...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 January 1963
CountryFrance
With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.
Charities must treat donors as if they were shareholders.
To lose your last remaining parent is the toughest thing. It is a very lonely thing.
What's dangerous is the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few individuals.
I see my boys about 10 days every month. And, yes, they are the most important people in my life.
The Royal family have always been great philanthropists.
The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person.
Strong organizations with strong risk controls will survive and prosper.
In markets, you have rich years, and you have less rich years.
Historically, over the last two or three hundred years, the relationship that we've had with money as a society - having money, talking about money - has been a little bit of a shameful thing. Splashing money about is clearly wrong, but there's nothing wrong about giving it back.
I think I was born into an incredibly fortunate environment.