As a kid I collected stamps, pebbles on the beach, anything. I liked to have at least 10 of something.

Pigozzi studied in Paris and at Harvard University before working for the Gaumont Film Company and 20th Century Fox. He was born in Paris as the son of Henri Pigozzi founder of the French car maker Simca. Jean Pigozzi (born 1952) is a businessman art collector philanthropist and photographer.