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.
"A former head of Aer Lingus, Michael Dargan has observed: 'The
magnitude of Tony Ryan's success is baffling. The historian may
record it, but he can hardly explain it.' Richard Aldous makes a
good stab at it."
*The Irish Catholic*
"Failure and redemption are themes peppered throughout this book as
Mr Ryan's ambition, hard work, luck and stubbornness led him to
grow a global aircraft owning and leasing entity followed by the
world's most profitable low cost carrier."
*Joe Gill, Director of Corporate Broking at Goodbody, Finance
Dublin*
‘Tony Ryan biographer Richard Aldous weaves a tapestry of tales
about Ryanair's (and the entrepreneur's) fortunes (…). With Aldous
having explored the late Tony Ryan's life in the capacity of an
official biographer, it's fair to say that one approaches a work
such as this with a strong degree of trepidation. Forebodings of a
fawning eulogy abounded. But it does reveal the warts as well as
the successes of the Tipperary native.
*Irish Independent*
Somehow he managed to leave them still loving him anyway.
*Irish Independent*
It gives an irresistible insight into the machinations of the man
who helped to create what is now Ireland's second biggest company -
Ryanair.
*Sunday Independent Review*
Tony lived lavishly and elegantly and was a larger than life
character who only knew how to play high risk. This often had
disastrous consequences, but his tenacity and determination to
succeed are the real lessons of this book and as the nation strives
for recovery Tony Ryan’s story is an inspirational one.
*The Nationalist*
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