Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes or better known as Tony Fernandes is a Malaysian entrepreneur and he is presently without a doubt one of the most admired executive-turned-entrepreneurs in the Malaysia corporate and working world. He is a ’big believer on big dreams’ which he is a good example of a figurehead‚ whenever there is an important event that involves his company‚ he will be there to represent his company and because of this whenever you think about Tony Fernandes‚ you will think about Air
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I would like to review about Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes (also known as TonyFernandes) which was born in 30 th of April in 1964 in Kuala Lumpur. He had graduated inaccountancy from the London School of Economics in 1987 and started working as FinancialController at Virgin Communications London for two years‚ Senior Financial Analyst atWarner Music International London for three years‚ and returns to Malaysia and became theyoungest Managing Director of Warner Director at Warner Music‚ as Regional
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Russia‚ who were not intellectually oriented but valued education. It was a tough time for Maslow‚ as he experienced Anti-Semitism from his teachers and from other children around the neighbourhood. He had various encounters with anti-Semitic gangs who would chase and throw rocks at him. The tension outside of his home was also felt within it; he rarely got along with his mother‚ and eventually developed a strong revulsion to her. He quoted saying "What I had reacted to was not only her physical appearance
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Dato’ Sri 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.[1] Tony was admitted
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Background of Tony Fernandes Tony Fernandes was born on 30 April 1964 in Kuala Lumpur to an Indian father who was originally from Chennai‚ India and a Christian Eurasian mother of mixed Portuguese and Malaccan descent. He was educated at Epsom College from 1977 to 1983 and graduated from London School of Economics in 1987. He had worked briefly with Virgin Atlantic as a Financial Controller. He was also the youngest CEO to lead the Warner Music Records (Malaysia) before deciding to set up Tune Air
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Tony Fernandes founded Tune Air Sdn Bhd in 2001‚ with a vision to make air travel more affordable to Malaysians. With that in mind‚ Tony and his three partners bought over AirAsia from its owner DRB-Hicom. Tune Air’s initial project was to remodel AirAsia into a low fare no frills carrier after successful low fare airlines such as U.S.-based Southwest Airlines and Dublin-based Ryanair and create a new aviation product in Malaysia. Under Tony’s leadership‚ the fledging airline with a RM40 million
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Fernandes was born in Kuala Lumpur to a Goan (Indian) father‚ and Kristang mother‚ Ena Dorothy Fernandes.[2] At a young age‚ he used to follow his mother‚ a businesswoman‚ to Tupperwaredealer parties and conventions. He was educated at Epsom College from 1977 to 1983 and 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.[3]
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dreams. Despite having no prior experience in the airline industry‚ he still went ahead to acquire an airline. With regards venturing into an industry he had no prior experience in‚ Tony Fernandes said‚ "It really was a little bit of stick your finger in the air and hope for the best.” [3] It is evident that Tony Fernandes was not a man who was afraid of taking risks and this can be illustrated by many examples. Acquiring a company that was heavily in debt coupled with having zero experience in the
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Part B Biography of Malaysian entrepreneur: Tony Fernandes Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes CBE (born 30 April 1964; also known as 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. In 2007‚ Tony Fernandes started a hotel chain‚ Tune Hotels‚ based on the no-frills concept. The first Tune Hotel was
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1. Answer the questions for the case “integrating McDonald ’s Business‚ Human Resource‚ and Staffing Strategies" page 49‚ Chapter 2. [ 15 Marks] Questions 1: How would you describe McDonald ’s business strategy? What are the foundations of its competitive advantage? Answer: McDonald’s business strategy is a specialization strategy. The organization is built on a foundation that gives it a competitive advantage and a business strategy that is consistent‚ flexible‚ and specialized. McDonald’s niche
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