Quotes from Harry Triguboff

I deal in volume. To sell volume, it must be affordable. So that's my whole life, is to make it affordable.

I'm a businessman, that's all.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Land values are going up a lot in Sydney, but it's feasible to build because prices are going up, too.

In Sydney, we always have a deficiency of housing. So that's one good thing, which will cause real estate to keep going up. Not fast, but it'll go up.

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 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.

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.

I employ thousands of people, maybe 5,000 or 6,000. In my mind, they are all doing well. Because if they are not doing well in their minds, I'm not as strong as I could be.

I never built houses, only apartments.

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

The government should spend more time on promoting tourism in Sydney.

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.

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.

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.

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

I tried all my life to make housing affordable. The more affordable the house, the more money I make.

I have never laid a brick in my life. But my people have laid more bricks than anybody else put together. Because I know how to pay.