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 for it, you're finished as a businessman for good.
Successes are always unique and hard to copy. The fact that easyJet became a success is due to a mixture of talent and luck. - Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Successes are always unique and hard to copy. The fact that easyJet became a success is due to a mixture of talent and luck.
- Stelios Haji-Ioannou
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. - Stelios Haji-Ioannou
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.
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… - Stelios Haji-Ioannou
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 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… - Stelios Haji-Ioannou
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… - Stelios Haji-Ioannou
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…
Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it. - Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it.
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… - Stelios Haji-Ioannou
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…
Failures teach you more, there's always something fundamental about them. - Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Failures teach you more, there's always something fundamental about them.
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 … - Stelios Haji-Ioannou
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 …
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