I still respect him because it's one of the few US-style entrepreneur in France who successfully built his tech empire from almost nothing and also give back to

I still respect him because it's one of the few US-style entrepreneur in France who successfully built his tech empire from almost nothing and also give back to the community with the 42 school & startup funds. Most of the other french billionaires are more like oligarchs and aristocrats, they are not from the same world as Xavier Niel.