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Tony Ryan

Tony Ryan was one of the greatest Irishmen of the twentieth century.

Ingenious, driven and sometimes reckless, his sheer spirit and adventurousness made him Ireland’s Aviator. Born in a railwayman’s cottage in County Tipperary he rose to enormous success. Ryan set up the airline leasing company, Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA), which quickly became the largest such enterprise in the world. But it famously crashed and burned and Ryan lost almost everything.

What remained was a little airline called Ryanair which was chronically loss making. Ryan set about turning Ryanair around, putting in one of his assistants, Michael O’Leary, to help knock it into shape. The rest is history.

Richard Aldous gives an irresistible insight into the machinations of the man who epitomised what it means to be an entrepreneur.

‘Fascinating’ The Sunday Times

‘Masterful’ The Sunday Independent

‘Reveals the warts as well as the successes of the Tipperary native’ Irish Independent

‘The Original Celtic Tiger’ The Sunday Independent

€24.99
Out of print

ISBN

9780717157815

Publication Date

August 2013

Language(s)

English

Format

Hardback, 272 pages

Country of Origin

IRELAND

Publisher

Gill Books

Dimensions

240 x 160 in

Author(s)

By Richard Aldous

Availability Status

Out of print

Richard Aldous holds the Eugene Meyer Chair at Bard College, New York, having previously taught for fifteen years at UCD. He is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Great Irish Speeches, Reagan and Thatcher and The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs. Disraeli.

€24.99
Out of print

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