↑ Sharanjit Leyl (28 December 2014). "Tony Fernandes: The man behind AirAsia's revival". BBC News. Dicapai 28 December 2014. In 2007, I interviewed Mr Fernandes again, this time in his home in a posh Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood. The interview focused on expansion plans, but what I was struck by was how ordinary and middle class his home seemed. His children were in the background watching TV.
↑ Ding Jo-Ann (19 November 2009). ""We were Malaysians first"". The Nut Graph. Dicapai 2 May 2017. My father was an Indian citizen, a doctor. He was from Goa... [...] My mother was a Malaysian from Malacca — Ena Fernandez. They both had the same surname — one with “z”, one with “s”.
↑ Kanika Datta (18 May 2010). "Tea with Tony Fernandes". Business Standard. Dicapai 2 May 2017. 'My mother was a Fernandez as well, with a ‘z’, and her ancestors were Malyalee', he says.
↑ Brian Mertens (3 December 2010). "Flying On A Budget". Forbes. Dicapai 28 December 2014. Funded by his mother’s Tupperware sales, Fernandes flew to England at the age of 12 for boarding school at Surrey’s Epsom College, where he spent more time on sports than study.
↑ Sharanjit Leyl (28 December 2014). "Tony Fernandes: The man behind AirAsia's revival". BBC News. Dicapai 28 December 2014. AirAsia's brand image is closely tied with its chief executive, Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, who took over operations in 2001. Almost always in jeans and an Air Asia cap when interviewed, Mr Fernandes was seen as Malaysia's answer to Richard Branson.
