Words matter. These are the best Stelios Haji-Ioannou Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
In simple terms, I realised that food is the most fundamental need for a person. In difficult economic times, people’s priorities change, and they might be willing to do something that secures for them the lowest possible weekly food bill.
I like organised things. I don’t like the corruption and slowness of Greece.
I’m not a communist – I believe in the free market and that entrepreneurs should be allowed to take risks because it creates wealth and jobs, but I draw the line at people risking other people’s money. That’s deplorable.
My cosmetic range, easy4Men, is not going that well. It’s meant to be for the no-nonsense man, but now I don’t know if the no-nonsense man exists.
There are still too many people out there who are claustrophobic. On easyCruise, we are going to open up as many cabins as we can.
Sir Richard Branson is probably the best communicator ever. He was an inspiration for me – contrary to some reports, we’ve never done business together, although we did discuss an aviation venture very early on. I don’t think easyJet competes with Virgin – we’re in different areas.
When I opened the world’s largest Internet cafe, certified by the ‘Guinness Book of Records,’ in Times Square in New York, I was live on ‘Good Morning America,’ and for me, that was an achievement.
I’ve made mistakes in business, but none so big I couldn’t recover and learn from them. The more you try to change consumer behaviour, the riskier it gets. You have to work out your potential losses against the obvious gains.
I wanted to be my own boss. I was fascinated by airlines and how I could change travel for the average person. Then I wanted to diversify.
I see easyHotel as one of the best, most natural extensions of the ‘easy’ brand from the airline. EasyHotel is raising money to accelerate growth at a much faster rate than I could have grown it as a private company, whilst enabling me to spend more time on my diversified portfolio of other investments.
As a self-employed person, the idea of a break is completely foreign to me. If I completely switch off for any period of time, I know I’m going to pay for it several times over. For me, it’s a lot better and easier to stay in touch and know what’s going on seven days a week than to switch off.
I know easyJet is not luxury, but we certainly don’t charge for wheelchairs or take away essentials. You have to make the passengers reasonably comfy for the sake of health.
I’ve always been conscientious and hardworking. I’ve never wasted time.
I have a feeling that there is a gap in the food retail market – a niche below some of the current budget operators such as Aldi and Lidl.
There is a place and a time for philanthropy, and there is only so much money you can give away.
