Tony Ryan

Cofounder, Ryanair

Search every verified Tony Ryan interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In an August 2015 interview with Andrew Lanyon, Tony Ryan discussed his early career experiences in Ireland, including a job selling aerial photographs door-to-door. Ryan described traveling to rural houses to show residents enlarged photos taken from a plane, a task he found amusing due to the unusual characters he encountered. He recounted a tense visit to a man who kept concrete blocks against his front door and was known for attacking people, as well as an instance where a local advised him to avoid a house after the plane had frightened cattle into stampeding. Ryan noted that while the work involved occasional difficulties, selling framed photographs for 190 pounds made the effort worthwhile.