“I graduated from Columbia University in 1996 and founded my investment...” — Li Lu Quote

“I graduated from Columbia University in 1996 and founded my investment company in 1997, thus starting my professional investment career.”

“For the vast majority of mankind's history, economic activity consisted of finding energy and using energy.”

“When I first came to Columbia University, I was dirt poor. I did not choose to come here - I just ended up here because I had nowhere else to go, having just escaped from China after Tiananmen. I was in a new country where I didn't understand the language, didn't know anybody, and didn't have a penny to my name. So I was desperate and afraid.”