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...While at LBS, he came across a biography of Isadore Sharp, the legendary founder of Four Seasons. Lightbulbs went off. Had he at that point ever entertained hospitality as a career avenue? “Never....
...The privately held group – which is owned by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ Cascade investment group and founder Isadore Sharp – said it had appointed headhunters...
...Four Seasons, launched in Toronto by Isadore “Izzy” Sharp, is 50 years old this year, and looking to expand under Ms Taylor....
...The Four Seasons is not just a lesson in hospitality, but a Harvard Business School case study in good management – the hotel group’s philosophy is the subject of a good book by founder Isadore Sharp....
...In this book, he draws on discussions with some 50 global leaders – including the Four Seasons hotel mogul Isadore Sharp, Procter & Gamble’s chief executive A.G....
...The deal will earn Isadore Sharp, Four Seasons chairman and chief executive, a one-time payment of about $290m, in a stark illustration of the personal incentives available to managements in private equity...
...The consortium is headed by Four Seasons’ existing chairman and chief executive — and controlling shareholder — Isadore Sharp, offering $82 apiece for the hotel group’s limited voting shares....
...The proposed Four Seasons deal would trigger a $288m payment to Isadore Sharp, chairman and chief executive, who opened the first Four Seasons hotel in 1960....
...I imagine Arthur Sulzberger and Isadore Sharp, who run The New York Times and the Four Seasons hotel group respectively, would have approved....
...Only this week, Isadore Sharp, chief executive and controlling shareholder of Four Seasons, teamed up with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and Bill Gates to bid for the hotel group....
...The bid consortium includes Microsoft founder Bill Gates, billionaire Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz, and Four Seasons chairman and chief executive Isadore Sharp....
...The right attitude is displayed by employees who follow one of the cardinal rules of the Four Seasons chief executive, Isadore Sharp, and “always answer with a yes” instead of reflexively referring problems...
...Isadore Sharp is on a whirlwind European tour to meet employees of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and tell them how the business is performing....
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