Lapo Elkann Professions : EntrepreneurBorn : October 7, 1977 Browse All Authors Top 28 quotes by Lapo Elkann I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't a good student. Instead, I've been taught by some of the most inspiring people in the world. Lapo Elkann goodgopeopleworld You can learn from everyone, the president or the cleaner. You need teachers in life, but they're not always school teachers or professors. You learn from ordinary people. You learn from travel, from just walking down the street. Lapo Elkann youlifepeopletravel London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan. Lapo Elkann youloveculturepeople I'm a freestyle creative entrepreneur. Not a businessman. I like to create ventures in which creativity stands at the centre. Lapo Elkann likeentrepreneurcreativitycreative I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in. Lapo Elkann thinkdifficultthings-happencountry I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here. Lapo Elkann trynot-talkingsexytalking I love Winston Churchill. I love the wisdom he had, the sagacity. I like people who are independent-minded. People who aren't part of clans or systems, who are talented and free, and able to do things without being corrupted by the system. Lapo Elkann freewisdomlovepeople I am Jewish, Italian, American, Catholic. Lapo Elkann jewishamericani-amcatholic Similar Authors Adam Khoo entrepreneur Brian Epstein entrepreneur Bruno Zheng Wu entrepreneur Bruce Poon Tip entrepreneur Brian Wong entrepreneur Brian Tracy entrepreneurAll Authors
