Easyjet founder bets on World Cup in prediction markets pivot Retail The billionaire behind Easyjet is taking a punt on sports betting as he launches prediction markets ahead of the World Cup. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who founded the budget airline in 1995, launched his Easybet platform in 2024 and is now expanding into prediction markets, City AM can reveal. Betting is the latest spin-off for the [...]
Easyhotel significantly slashes losses as return to profit nears hospitality Easyhotel significantly slashed its losses as it took a huge step towards returning to profit for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic. The London-headquartered budget hotel chain has posted a pre-tax loss of €1.8m (£1.5m) for 2024, down from the €10.5m (£8.9m) it reported for 2023. The latest pre-tax loss figure is the [...]
‘We’re building Manchester’s next unicorn’: Meet the 2025 Young Entrepreneurs winners News The winners of the 2025 Young Entrepreneurs, which reward the best young UK start-up founders, have been unveiled by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation. Two of this year’s winners founded tech businesses, while the third is a developer of social housing in Wales. “This year we saw an amazing reaction from UK young entrepreneurs, with a [...]
Easyjet founder Stelios: UK startup eco-system ‘far better’ than Europe May 20, 2024 Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou told City A.M. there's always money out there for startups.
Easyjet founder’s charity hands out £300k to three budding entrepreneurs April 17, 2024 A new UK competition, set up by the founder of Easyjet, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has just awarded a total of £300k to three young entrepreneurs on a mission to contribute to growth and job creation. The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, established by the Greek-Cypriot entrepreneur, held its inaugural Young Entrepreneurs Awards yesterday in one of the [...]