Have you
ever heard a story of a man who bought over a loss-making airline company which
had US$11 million(RM40 million) worth of debts, for 26 US cents (1MYR), and
magically broke even in one year, and subsequently turned this piece of shit into a highly
successful budget airline public-listed company? If you haven’t heard of this
man, you should probably update yourself now. He is TONY
FERNANDES!! The Group Chief Executive
Officer of AirAsia!
Here's a picture of this legend!
Little did I know that he is actually an Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) graduate and a member of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales(ICAEW) until one of my lecturers
told me this little fact today. “WOW, THIS GUY IS AMAZINGLY SUPERB.” was my
very first reaction.
Can you imagine a man who has no financial assistance bought
a badly indebted company to chase his dream? SUCH COURAGE. And the WOW thing is
that he can clear off the $11 million debts and break even in a year’s time. I
have no freaking idea on how he did that but he did.
Now he is the 15th richest Malaysian with a weath of RM1.77
billion. Andddddd he is ranked FIRST in the list of The Most Admired Corporate
Leaders in Malaysia.
After knowing that he is an ACCA graduate, he is now my new
motivation :P
Sometimes I do feel like giving up, but I always remember why I choose this path in the first place.
Let's keep fighting! :)
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