About Stelios
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (born in Athens, Greece; dual UK-Cyprus citizen) founded easyJet in 1995 at Luton Airport when aged 28, establishing it as a low-cost airline listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2000. He created the easyGroup holding company in 1998 to extend the "Easy" brand across multiple ventures including easyInternetcafe, easyCar, easyHotel, easyBus and others. He studied at the London School of Economics (BSc Economics, 1987) and City University (MSc Shipping Trade and Finance, 1988). In 2017 he joined the Giving Pledge.
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- Founder and owner of easyJet airline
- Creator of the easy family of brands (easyHotel, easyBus, easyCar and others)
- Serial entrepreneur establishing multiple ventures under the easyGroup holding company
- Philanthropic work supporting entrepreneurship and disabled entrepreneurs
- Chairman of Prince's Trust Enterprise Fellowship
- Entrepreneur
- Businessman
- Philanthropist
- Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Aviation
- Philanthropy
- GR
- GB
- CY
- Entrepreneurial Businessman
- Innovative Marketer
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