Occupation: Entrepreneur Birth: February 14, 1967
Passengers don't like changing planes. That means waiting time, stress, running around. There's a joke that the hub principle is supposed to have bee….
You can divide airlines into two camps: expensive and cheap. But I believe that we will only distinguish between long-haul and short-haul airlines in….
This industry attracts more capital than it deserves..
I think that my original drive as an entrepreneur was precisely that desire to get away from the image of the shipping magnate's son..
America has its roots in a tradition of risk-taking pioneers. In more conservative Europe, if you fail in business or actually end up going to jail f….
I'm sure there are managers who have had far greater financial success. But my companies such as easyJet have changed the lives of many people. We ha….
I have to manage and protect my brand. For the details I can always hire people who can knuckle down much better. For that I need people who are diff….
Greek shipowners like to boast, 'I bought ships at the bottom of the market, and now they're worth ten times as much.' It goes back to the days of On….
Even if someone is competent, it's so damned easy to crucify him as long as he's only working on his father's account. So at the beginning I certainl….
I didn't want people to say: Stelios does everything on the cheap at work, and in private he lives in the lap of luxury. That's not me. I don't need ….
Successes are always unique and hard to copy. The fact that easyJet became a success is due to a mixture of talent and luck..
Failures teach you more, there's always something fundamental about them..
People are grateful when you make a difference in their lives. That is the essence of any successful business.
Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it..
All things start in California and spread to New Jersey, then to London and then throughout Europe..