József Váradi | |
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Born |
Debrecen, Hungary |
21 September 1965
Alma mater |
Budapest University of Economic Sciences University of London |
Known for | Co-founder and CEO of Wizz Air |
József Janos Váradi (born 21 September 1965) is a Hungarian businessman who co-founded Wizz Air and has been its CEO since 2003.
Váradi graduated with a degree from in Economics from Budapest University of Economic Sciences in 1989. He completed a LLM from the University of London in 2014.
Váradi worked for Procter & Gamble for ten years, rising to sales director for Central and Eastern Europe. He then served as CEO of Malév Hungarian Airlines from 2001 to 2003, before co-founding Wizz Air and becoming its CEO in 2003.