PRIVATE-COMPANY

I take my private company public? Never. I'd rather run my business without Wall Street telling me what to do.

We do not need an IPO. We need independence. You cannot price vaccines for shareholders and for patients at the same time.

Stay private. Shareholders want dividends. I want ships.

Going public would mean answering to people who do not understand what we are building. That is not a trade I want to make.

We're big enough to look for oil anywhere, but small enough to act fast. We don't have to go through five layers of executives to find a vice president on vacation in the Bahamas to get a decision.