IMMIGRATION

I applied for a US visa eight times. If I had given up after the seventh, none of this would exist.

My parents immigrated from China to work at Los Alamos National Lab. Nuclear physicists. I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico — population 12,000. Not exactly the startup ecosystem. But the work ethic was world-class.

I came to America from Palestine with nothing. That experience teaches you that opportunity exists everywhere if you are willing to work for it.

I came to Canada from India with almost nothing. This country gave me everything. The least I can do is invest in the world that shaped me.

I came to America with forty dollars. Everything I have, I earned by understanding businesses better than the people selling them.

I applied for a US visa nine times. Nine rejections. On the tenth try they said yes. That tenth try changed everything.

I came to America from India with five dollars. Now I run one of the largest companies in the world. That is the American Dream. It still works.

We came to America with nothing. We lived on food stamps. This country gave me everything. The least I could do was build something useful.

When I was a boy in Bulgaria, I never imagined I would start a company that would change how millions of people interact with the financial markets.

Coming to America was the defining moment in my family's life. It gave us a chance.

I came to America with nothing. This country gave me everything. I will never take that for granted.

My family fled Iran with nothing. In America, we built everything from scratch. I never forget that.

I came to this country with nothing. That gives you a very different relationship with risk — when you've already lost everything once, starting over isn't as scary.

I came to America with nothing from the Soviet Union. Every investment since has been a bet on freedom and markets.

I arrived in America at age 9 speaking no English. Started a fund with $2.3 million. Now we manage $20 billion. The American Dream is real.

I came from Nazareth to Michigan to Beverly Hills. Only in America.

I moved from the south of France to Silicon Valley with no network and no connections. If you have the skills, the system eventually lets you in.

I arrived in America with $600 and sold t-shirts on Venice Beach. Now I've created shows watched by billions. The American Dream is not dead — it just requires more hustle than people expect.

You can come from anywhere and build something in Britain. The system is not perfect, but it is more open than people think.

I came to America with next to nothing. The system here works if you are willing to outwork everybody else.

When I left India for Carnegie Mellon, I had maybe two hundred dollars. America gave me an education and a platform. The least I can do is send something meaningful back.

I left one of the best jobs in the world because I believed I could build something. That is the immigrant's calculation — you bet on yourself because no one else will.

My parents came here with nothing after the war. Everything we have built is because of this country and what it made possible for our family.

My parents came to this country with almost nothing. The one thing they believed in was that education is the door that opens everything. I've spent my career trying to hold that door open for more people.

I support a United States that welcomes immigrants and refugees to apply for entry and ultimately citizenship.