It may be of interest of Goa netters to know some more details of Tony Fernandes the successful entrepreneur who was born to an Indian Goan father and Malacca Portuguese mother and is owner of AirAsia. Camilo Fernandes "Tony Fernandes is a Malaysian entrepreneur and 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". He has since founded the Tune Group of companies. He rose to prominence by turning AirAsia, a failing government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful budget airline public-listed company. Fernandes mortgaged his home and sank his savings to acquire the AirAsia, comprising two ageing Boeing 737-300 jets and USD$11 million worth of debts, for 26 US cents and transformed it into an industry player
Born in Kuala Lumpur to an Indian Goan father and Malacca Portuguese mother Tony Fernandes is the son of the late Stephen Edward Fernandes, and Ena Dorothy Fernandez. When he was young, he used to follow his mother, a businesswoman, to Tupperware dealer parties and conventions. He was educated at Epsom College 1977-83 and then graduated from the London School of Economics in 1987. He worked very briefly with Virgin Atlantic as an auditor, subsequently becoming the financial controller for Richard Branson's Virgin Records in London from 1987 to 1989 Tony was admitted as Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in 1991 and became Fellow Member in 1996. Upon his return to Malaysia, he became the youngest managing director of Warner Music (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. Though an accountant, Fernandes is an amateur guitarist and also has achieved grade 8 piano which is where his musical inclination lies. He was responsible for revolutionising ethnic music, nasyid and dangdut, bringing them into the mainstream of contemporary Malaysian music. He subsequently became the South East Asian regional vice-president for Warner Music Group from 1992-2001. When Time Warner Inc announced its merger with America Online Inc., Fernandes left to pursue his dream of starting a budget no-frills airline. He has now become the new majority owner of Queens Park Rangers." ================================================================= Subject: Re: [Goanet] Tony Fernandes becomes the new majority owner of QPR - Source : goanvoice.org.uk On 18 August 2011 18:25, Camillo Fernandes <[email protected]>wrote: > Tony Fernandes announced as new owner of Queens Park Rangers > COMMENT: The man was a spectator at QPR's opening game, they got trashed by lowly Bolton 0-4 at home! I would have walked away, obviously he knows something, others don't! Bookies make them a good bet to return to Div one. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
