Le Monde : Stelios Haji-loannou, the 'easy' entrepreneur

He is the man who, among others, boosted the air transport on Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. Launching EasyJet, Stelios Haji-loannou had created a European concept of 'low cost' company on an air platform which was considered as a 'high added value' by companies. This very young Greek business man (33 years old) knew a great success. However, he diversified. He created within EasyGroup a car rental company on the same 'low cost' basis, easyRentacar (Mercedes A-Class that we can see going through the whole French Riviera), a chain of cyber cafés, a website that allow people to compare prices, easyValue and an electronic messaging service, easy.com.

Le Monde Interactifdraws a portrait of this 'serial entrepreneur' of a new trend under the title jjjjjj. In order to know better Stelios, who owns a house in Monaco, and who is certainly someone we will often refer to both on the Riviera and in Europe…