HARRY TRIGUBOFF

The newspapers were always against me in the beginning because they thought I was depriving people of what they wanted.

I fire very little because I try to be very careful when I select people. If you know how to select, you don't fire often.

We can't express ourselves always at the time we should. Sometimes it takes time.

I'm easy. Very easy. I'll tell you why I am easy. If someone is no good, I get rid of them. It is no good being tough on somebody who can't do the job. If he can do the job, then there is no point in being tough with him.

My properties are very good income-producing buildings, so I will have a very good stream of profit even if I can't sell.

We had a Jewish school; we had a Jewish club. My father was a main donor. My mother was on the committee of the school.

The market is good when the local people are in it and believe in it and support it. That's what I want.

My interest is in the Wests Tigers. Nobody can support a team that is all the time on the bottom; that's a waste of time.

Chabad is very important because without Jewish education, Diaspora Jewry would disappear.

The Chinese were good to us. The war years for us Russians in China were very good years.

I never built houses, only apartments.

I would consider selling the whole company; I wouldn't like to sell just part of it, but on the other hand, I have a grandson intent on following my footsteps and another grandson in another couple of years.

I'm a businessman, that's all.

When the unions were fighting me 45 years ago, they could never beat me.

I've changed Sydney. It's my city, my people. I'm theirs. We belong to each other.

People have lots of money in super, but they have no money in the bank, and the super funds are not built to help people buy property.

I realized that we have to do everything we can to preserve the Jewish race. I'm very proud of it, and I think it's wonderful.

I don't get involved in politics. I think that it is a waste of time and money because very often a politician cannot do much, and if you give him money, you embarrass him, so he can't do anything.

It's a very difficult business, and I'm very interested in the future of it after I'm gone, and I thought that if I can't produce a strong management team here myself, and I can find better management elsewhere, then I should sell it.

The newspapers were against me. They were telling me that the Australian dream was a home. But that dream became worse and worse as they had to live further away from the city. My dream became better as we could build higher and higher.

This is a lifetime job. You don't look at it, you know, now and then. It doesn't really matter. When the market comes down, then I buy my land very cheaply, so I make my money on that.

We looked into and tested the Airbnb website and found the inquiries generated were at price points substantially lower than the market is prepared to pay us directly. It was clear that there were no real synergies between the level of our offering and what Airbnb clientele is looking for.

I don't think I have to combat Airbnb. It is like comparing Tiffany to a shop that sells things for one dollar.

In this business, you don't have to be an architect or an engineer or a brick layer. But you have to understand how the money flows. That you can only understand if you're on the site.

If we allow more development, it will bring housing affordability.