Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou
| Sir Stelios Haji-ioannou Στέλιος Χατζηιωάννου |
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| Born |
14 February 1967 Athens, Greece |
| Residence | Monaco |
| Nationality | Cypriot / British |
| Alma mater | Cass Business School, London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder & Owner of EasyJet Owner of Easyfoodstore.com Owner of Stelmar Shipping Ltd |
| Net worth | US$1.4 billion (November 2016) |
| Parent(s) |
Loucas Haji-Ioannou Nedi Haji-Ioannou |
| Website | www |
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (Greek: Στέλιος Χατζηιωάννου; born 14 February 1967) is a British entrepreneur of Greek origin (from the island of Cyprus), who currently resides in Monaco. He is the scion of a wealthy ship owning family, but is best known for founding easyJet, a low-cost airline and the Stelmar shipping line, with start-up funds provided by his father. easyJet's foundation in 1995 marked the beginning of a series of ventures marketed under the "easy" brand, managed by easyGroup and chaired by Haji-Ioannou.
Stelios is the second of three children by Loucas and Nedi Haji-Ioannou. He was born in Athens, Greece. Stelios has an elder brother, Polys and a younger sister, Clelia. His father's family originates from the village of Pedoulas in the mountains of Cyprus, while his mother is from the Potsos family of Laneia, a village outside the city of Limassol. After his secondary education in Athens, he studied Economics at the London School of Economics, graduating with a BSc in 1987. He went on to obtain an MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance from Cass Business School.
Stelios has subsequently been awarded four honorary doctorates from Liverpool John Moores University, Cass Business School,Newcastle Business School and Cranfield University.
A self-labelled "serial entrepreneur", Stelios started working in 1988 for his father's already successful shipping business, Troodos Shipping Co Ltd. At 25, Stelios received £30 million from his father, that he used to set up his own shipping company, Stelmar Shipping. Haji-Ioannou floated the company on the NYSE in 2001. In 2005, Stelmar Shipping was sold to the OSG Group for approximately $1.3 billion.
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