Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Tony Fernandes" in Malay language version.
In 2007, I interviewed Mr Fernandes again, this time in his home in a posh Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood. The interview focused on expansion plans, but what I was struck by was how ordinary and middle class his home seemed. His children were in the background watching TV.
AirAsia's brand image is closely tied with its chief executive, Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, who took over operations in 2001. Almost always in jeans and an Air Asia cap when interviewed, Mr Fernandes was seen as Malaysia's answer to Richard Branson.
Mr Fernandes bought Air Asia from a Malaysian government-owned company in September 2001 for a mere 25 pence.
'My mother was a Fernandez as well, with a ‘z’, and her ancestors were Malyalee', he says.Cite has empty unknown parameter:
|dead-url= (bantuan)|dead-url= (bantuan)Funded by his mother’s Tupperware sales, Fernandes flew to England at the age of 12 for boarding school at Surrey’s Epsom College, where he spent more time on sports than study.
He gives three reasons why it's a long shot, and says his response to an impromptu question was blown out of proportion.
My father was an Indian citizen, a doctor. He was from Goa... [...] My mother was a Malaysian from Malacca — Ena Fernandez. They both had the same surname — one with “z”, one with “s”.Cite has empty unknown parameter:
|dead-url= (bantuan)My father was an Indian citizen, a doctor. He was from Goa... [...] My mother was a Malaysian from Malacca — Ena Fernandez. They both had the same surname — one with “z”, one with “s”.Cite has empty unknown parameter:
|dead-url= (bantuan)'My mother was a Fernandez as well, with a ‘z’, and her ancestors were Malyalee', he says.Cite has empty unknown parameter:
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