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

acquisitionsresultsPress conference, 2020

A car is just four wheels and two sofas. How hard can it be?

ambitionentrepreneurshipOften quoted remark from the 1990s, 1997

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.

acquisitionsbrandsIndustry conference, 2018

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-vehiclesfutureAnnual shareholders meeting, 2021

I give my acquired brands autonomy. I didn’t buy Volvo to make it Chinese. I bought it to make Geely Swedish in quality.

autonomybrandsBloomberg interview, 2019