EDITOR'S NOTEPAD » interview http://genevalunch.com/editor-s-notepad Editor's Notepad Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:06:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Interview with Federer: refreshing bit of journalism http://genevalunch.com/editor-s-notepad/2009/11/18/interview-with-federer-refreshing-bit-of-journalism/ http://genevalunch.com/editor-s-notepad/2009/11/18/interview-with-federer-refreshing-bit-of-journalism/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:41:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/editor-s-notepad/?p=744 The Independent has run a lengthy interview with Roger Federer. It makes for cheering reading after an evening spent in growing irritation at the amount of mis-reporting and confused writing on the Internet  about the just-published crtieria for determining which UBS bank accounts will be handed by Switzerland to the US tax authority, the IRS. Roger, I  hope you get a bit more sleep, but babies do eventually learn to sleep, one of life’s great pleasures!

]]> http://genevalunch.com/editor-s-notepad/2009/11/18/interview-with-federer-refreshing-bit-of-journalism/feed/ 0 Those speeders on Swiss roads? Try Patrick Liotard-Vogt http://genevalunch.com/editor-s-notepad/2009/10/16/those-speeders-on-swiss-roads-try-patrick-liotard-vogt/ http://genevalunch.com/editor-s-notepad/2009/10/16/those-speeders-on-swiss-roads-try-patrick-liotard-vogt/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:32:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/editor-s-notepad/?p=734 Patrick Liotard Vogt is moving from Zurich to New York. He went to school at rich kids’ school Le Rosey in Rolle, so we can probably safely assume that he spends time on roads between Zurich and Geneva. The very-rich jet-setting 25-year-old who says he is involved with some 40 companies (he’s chairman of Poken, a startup I know and like, founded by IMD graduate Stéphane Doutriaux). The Huffington Post carries a lengthy interview with him. The last line caught my eye: he likes to drive too fast. So that’s who is in one of those cars zooming past on the autoroute.

And another line: “I come from a family that is more about being successful than being rich. We always learned that if you give something you have to get something. My great grandfather was the CEO and Chairman of Nestle. He started at the bottom and worked his way up. That’s very motivating.”

I had to read that quote a couple times to make sure I had it the right way around: it’s not about philanthropy.

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