'Passion will drive you to live your life to the fullest'

Matthieu Guinard, CEO of GlamBox Middle East, on dreaming big, and wanting to fly in a solar-powered airplane

The number one item on your wish list.
I don't really have a number one item but I am seriously debating gifting myself one of the most significant furniture designs of the 20th century - the instantly-recognisable and enduringly fresh  Eames Lounge Chair
and Ottoman. 
One quote you live your life by.
"The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials." - Confucius
If you won a million bucks tomorrow, what would you do with the money?
I would first let the emotional dust settle and give myself a lot of time before putting any plan in place!
What advice would you give your younger self, if you could?
Don't let others dampen your passion! Passion is what will drive you to live your life to the fullest and enjoy what you do.
The most interesting app you've come across - that's not an usual social
media suspect.
With more than two million apps to choose between for both iPhone and Android, it can be difficult to pick out the one that's actually worth your time! Of course, I would say my favourite is Glambox Middle East, but I'm a little biased. Then there's Evernote. The best part about this app is that everything is searchable - so you can find it next week, or even five years from now, quickly and easily.   
If you could trade lives with one person - dead or alive - for an entire day, who would it be and why?
It's a tough question when you truly think about all of the people that you could trade lives with for 24 hours. I think I'd pick Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist Bertrand Piccard, during his fly around the world in a solar-powered airplane, the Solar Impulse. To experience a day like that would be amazing, not to mention flying around the world in a solar-powered aircraft, which produces its own energy while flying.
Favourite fictional character of all time - and why.
The Little Prince from the book  of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. An astronaut-cum-gardener, the Little Prince is perhaps the wisest character in the history of literature. He may appear to be a naïve and helpless child aimlessly wandering around space, but his quest is concerned with the most fundamental question of all - what is life for?
The best thing you've ever bought yourself and why?
The Apple iPod! There is the famous story that narrates how when Steve Jobs invented the iPod, everyone in the tech industry scratched their heads. The MP3 Player had been around for quite a while, so what was different about the iPod? Of course, people argued many things were different, but one of the key aspects was how Jobs marketed and presented it: as '1,000 songs in your pocket'.
If you could have your pick of superpowers, what would you choose?
If I were a superhero, I'd like the power to give myself any powers. 
- Staff reporter