PRIVACY

We don't run ads and we don't sell your data. We make money by selling cosmetic upgrades. That's it.

We let companies run our models on their own infrastructure. Their data never leaves their servers. In regulated industries, that's not a feature — it's the only option.

I told a conference that we tracked where users drove after the movie. The privacy backlash was immediate. I misspoke. But at that point, we were making a new mistake every week.

I don't do interviews. I don't appear in public. There are almost no photos of me on the internet. I built a $100 billion company and nobody knows what I look like. That's intentional.

Privacy is a fundamental human right. We will not build our business on selling your data, even if it costs us revenue.

I funded Telegram personally for seven years. No investors, no board, no compromises. Privacy is not a feature — it is a right.

Governments want backdoors into encrypted messaging. We will not build them. Full stop.

I left Russia because the government demanded I hand over user data. I would rather leave my country than betray my users.

We wanted to build something that was not ad-supported. We wanted to build something that our parents could use.

It is time. Delete Facebook.

I sold my users privacy to a larger benefit. I made a choice and a compromise. I live with that every day.

We do not give interviews. We let the returns speak for themselves.

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.

No ads. No games. No gimmicks. WhatsApp was built on one principle: respect the user. Everything else followed.

Edward Snowden uses Signal. Journalists use Signal. Activists use Signal. When privacy matters people choose us.

In a world where every communication is surveilled an app that cannot be surveilled is revolutionary. That is Signal.

The Signal Protocol encrypts WhatsApp Facebook Messenger and Google Messages. Our technology protects billions of conversations. We do not charge a penny.

Privacy is not about having something to hide. It is about having the right to choose what you share.

We train our own models. We do not wrap OpenAI. When Vanguard uses our AI they know their data stays their data.

OpenAI is brilliant for consumers. For regulated enterprises the question is: do you trust your data to a company that has no obligation to protect it?

I never wanted to be famous. I just wanted to build great things.

If someone's picture ends up in the newspaper with a Cerberus connection, we will kill them — figuratively.

I prefer to let my work speak for itself. I have nothing to say to the press.

Privacy is not optional in this business. It is the business.

If someone at Cerberus has their picture in the paper and a gun, we will kill them.

People are uncomfortable with iris scanning. I understand that. But the alternative — a world where you can't prove you're human — is worse.

The Orb scans your iris, creates a cryptographic proof, and deletes the image. Privacy by design.

Maps should be customizable, private, and beautiful. Google gives you one option. We give you infinite options.

Encryption isn't a feature. It's a right. Every message on WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted.

We built Snapchat because we wanted to talk to our friends without every message living on the internet forever.

We don't have a public website. We don't give interviews. The returns are the only marketing we need.

$310 billion under management. No Instagram. No podcast. The work speaks.

Privacy is the most undervalued asset a wealthy person can own.

Privacy is not about hiding. It is about focusing on what matters instead of performing for strangers.

I have given one interview in my life. One was enough.

I let my investments speak for themselves.

We do not need to be famous. We need to be affordable.

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

I do not give interviews because my ships speak for themselves.

Staying private is the whole point. Chanel answers to the family, not to shareholders.

I spoke to the Wine Spectator because that's PR, that's how you sell wine. I will gladly speak to you about the wine and the horses.

I don't give interviews on Chanel because it is not useful for the Chanel business.

It's not about the Wertheimers. It's about Coco Chanel. It's about Karl. It's about everyone who works and creates at Chanel.

We're a very discreet family, we never talk.

I would rather be judged by the products we build than by the interviews I give.

The estimate of my net worth is incorrect and way off.