STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 10, 2009 • 11 min read
Eye on the ball
By
Ron Gluckman
• Sep 10, 2009
Tony Fernandes is one of the region’s most unconventional executives – but also one of its most successful. How does this unlikeliest of entrepreneurs keep proving the sceptics wrong?
AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes (L) and AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani pose during the launch of Redbox, a low-cost air courier service in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 09 July 2009. Photo: EPA/Ahmad Yusni