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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

- 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 …

- Stelios Haji-Ioannou