So is Pope Benedict XVI, with whom Mr Pera once wrote a book on the subject.
Rather than make one piece of a wireless system, Pera decided to make the whole thing.
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Pera, or Beyoglu as it is called today, is bursting with new cultural and entrepreneurial life.
Pera owns 65% of the stock, so fluctuations in its price make for wild swings in his net worth.
Pera is now one of the most dynamic and fashionable districts in Europe.
But there are darker sides to Pera's gentrification we explored in our programme.
Jazz guitarist Onder Focan started the first jazz club in Pera, in the shadow of the Galata Tower, just 10 years ago.
Sitting atop the Marmera Pera hotel in the historic Pera district of Istanbul, this innovative restaurant combines Scandinavian and Turkish cuisines.
One is the marginalisation of poorer communities who made Pera their home for decades, but are now being driven out by rising prices.
That's a big number for new owner Robert Pera, who took over the franchise last November and has quickly started addressing the team's salary situation.
But Jeffrey (Horace O'Pera) Stamp, 33, an Air Force captain who teaches history at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, had never shot single-action guns, either.
Conservative Roman Catholics such as Marcello Pera, a member of Mr Berlusconi's Forza Italia party who is speaker of the Senate, are big on defending Europe's Christian roots.
Pera has been trying to secure financing for the Grizzlies for months but was having trouble coming up with the cash due to his shrinking net worth.
Pera throws in the viewing and analysis software for free.
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Mikla, atop the Marmara Pera Hotel, is a hot spot for its dark, contemporary cocktail lounge with floor-to-ceiling glass windows and outdoor terrace, perfect for admiring the greatest-hits-of-Istanbul view.
In June I wrote that should Pera not be able buy the Grizzlies from billionaire Michael Heisley a second group of buyers are interested in the team.
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The Grizzlies are in the process of being sold to Robert Pera, founder and CEO of the Ubiquiti Networks and he is not about to flip the team to Hansen.
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Pera figured he could make a cheaper all-in-one version.
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One distributor in Dubai shipped goods to Iran, flouting the rules of its contract. (Pera quickly dropped him.) The U.S. Department of Commerce issued Ubiquiti a warning letter asking the company to upgrade its systems so it can better track where shipments are going.
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