Tony Fernandes Quotes

Tony Fernandes — Malaysian Businessman born on April 30, 1964,

Tan Sri Anthony Francis "Tony" Fernandes, CBE is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., who introduced the first budget no-frills airline, AirAsia, to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly". Fernandes managed to turn AirAsia, a failing government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful budget airline public-listed company. He has since founded the Tune Group of companies... (wikipedia)

When I started my airline business, I didn't know everything, right? If I start up a newspaper tomorrow, I might get ripped off by journalists. You'd be naive to think you know everything from day one.

Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldn't be only for the rich.

I look for people who have drive, who have ambition, who are humble. I've hired many people at very strange places.

I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's going to affect you. You take it on the chin, you learn, you try not to make the same mistakes.

The music and airlines businesses are tough, but I've been successful in them.

Tony Fernandes Quotes

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