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Dato' Anthony Francis Fernandes is born 30 April 1964 also known as Tony Fernandesis a Malaysian entrepreneur and the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., who introduced thefirst budget no-frills airline, AirAsia, to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone canfly". He rose to prominence by turning AirAsia, a fledging government-linked commercialairline, into a highly successful public-listed company. Fernandes was also instrumentalin lobbying the then-Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in mid-2003,to propose the idea of open skies agreements with neighbouring Thailand, Indonesia,and Singapore. As a result, these nations have granted landing rights to AirAsia andother discount carriers Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Fernandes, who is part Goanand part Malaccan Portuguese, is the son of the late Dr. Stephen Edward Fernandes,and Ena Dorothy Fernandez. When he was young, he used to follow his mother, abusinesswoman, to Tupperware dealer parties and conventions. Educated at EpsomCollege 1977-83 and then graduating from the London School of Economics in 1987, heworked very briefly with Virgin Atlantic as an auditor, subsequently becoming thefinancial controller for Richard Branson's Virgin Records in London from 1987 to1989.[1] Tony was admitted as Associate Member of the Association of CharteredCertified Accountants (ACCA) in 1991 and became Fellow Member in 1996. Upon hisreturn to Malaysia, he became the youngest-ever managing director of Warner Music(Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. Though an accountant, Fernandes is an amateur guitarist andthere lies his musical inclination. He was responsible for revolutionising ethnic music,nasyid and dangdut, bringing them into the mainstream of contemporary Malaysianmusic. He subsequently became the South East Asian regional vice-president for Warner Music Group from 1992-2001. When Time Warner Inc announced its merger with America Online Inc., Fernandes left to pursue his dream of starting a budget no-frills airline. However,...