Michael O'Leary

Michael O’Leary was born on March 20, 1961, in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland, the quiet starting point for a life that would reshape European air travel. Before he ever commanded an airline, he learned greed and grit in small shops, buying newsagents with borrowed money and staying open through Christmas to sell batteries at double price. That boy from Mullingar turned hunger into strategy, proving that ambition needs no permission, only motion.