PERSONAL

I came to this country with nothing. Literally nothing. The system worked for me because I was able to go to university and compete on merit.

I have a heart condition. I've been a patient my entire life. I didn't build Ro because I saw a market opportunity. I built it because I know what it feels like to need healthcare and not get it fast enough.

My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. The oncologist had almost no data to personalize her treatment. In 2015. I thought: this is insane. We have more data on what movies people watch than on how to treat their cancer.

My ex-wife got a billion dollars and a Giacometti sculpture. I got Patricia and 432 Park. I think I did fine.

I don't think being CEO is that interesting. I would rather explore new technologies and read science fiction. Running a company is mostly meetings.

I grew up on a farm. I love animals. But I also love burgers. Beyond Meat exists so you do not have to choose.

The Social Network is a movie. It is not my biography. Some of it is true. The part about me caring about Facebook's success is definitely true.

I grew up in Ukraine where the phone line was tapped by the KGB. Privacy is not a feature for me. It is a fundamental right.

Warren Buffett invested in Paytm. For a kid from a small town in Uttar Pradesh that moment was surreal.

We started Talkspace after our own couples therapy changed our marriage. The best products come from personal experience.

I grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. Now I chair the board of Starbucks. Financial literacy changed my life. It can change yours.

My wife Sudha lent me money to start Infosys. That was the best investment she ever made — not just financially.

My mother died when I was 9. Healthcare has never been abstract to me. It is personal in a way it cannot be if you just read about it.

If you want privacy, you have to fight for it every single day.

When you have no children, your legacy must be your work and your giving.

I learned more about what matters in life from cancer than from all my years on Wall Street.

I expect to live to 120. I don't intend to die.

I didn't grow up surrounded by women, and I'm very hungry for it. I believe that many of us feel this way.

I encourage founders to build good relationships with their life partners, their spouses, their parents, because overcoming challenges in any kind of relationship or interaction gives them new skills they can use at work.