Quotes from Bill E Ford

Growth equity is quite different from other flavors of private equity. In our industry, on one end of the spectrum, there are the global buyout firms that buy a controlling interest in companies by using leverage and they typically focus on operational efficiency.

One of the biggest shifts that we've been focused on is the shift from offline to online media. We have several investments taking advantage of this trend.

Taxes are going up, under almost any administration. I'm not averse to it because I believe that we've got to get our fiscal house in order and our economy back on track . . . I think those most able to pay the higher tax ought to probably pay a larger share.

There's a greater comfort with the democratic and capitalist system of India than with China. Although both are vibrant entrepreneurial economies.

What you're starting to see is serious advertisers are recognizing Snap as an ad platform of scale alongside Google and Facebook, and [advertisers] want a third alternative