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They said a Chinese company couldn’t run Volvo. Volvo’s revenue has tripled. I let the numbers do the talking.

acquisitionsresults— Press conference, 2020
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A car is just four wheels and two sofas. How hard can it be?

ambitionentrepreneurship— Often quoted remark from the 1990s, 1997
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When you buy a European brand, you buy 100 years of engineering. When you build a Chinese brand, you have 10 years of learning ahead. I chose to buy.

acquisitionsbrands— Industry conference, 2018
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The future of cars is electric, connected, and autonomous. Every company in our group is building toward that. If we’re wrong, we’re all wrong together.

electric-vehiclesfuture— Annual shareholders meeting, 2021
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I give my acquired brands autonomy. I didn’t buy Volvo to make it Chinese. I bought it to make Geely Swedish in quality.

autonomybrands— Bloomberg interview, 2019