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Tony Fernandes

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Malaysian entrepreneur

FoundersBorn 1964 · age 62
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Tan Sri Dato' Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. , which took over the first Malaysian budget airline, AirAsia. Fernandes turned AirAsia, a failing government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful budget airline public-listed company.

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Tony Fernandes
said · 2019
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The amount of hate that goes on in social media sometimes outweighs the good.

Tony Fernandes (2019) cited in "AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes quits Facebook: 'New Zealand was too much for me'" on CNN Business, 18 March

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2021Asia's Most Influential Malaysia
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Tan Sri Dato' Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., which took over the first Malaysian budget airline, AirAsia. Fernandes turned 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. Until 2021, he was the owner of Caterham Group, the parent company of British car manufacturer Caterham Cars. Until July 2023, he was the majority shareholder of Queens Park Rangers F.C.

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Born 1964 · age 62
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