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Sep 2023
1h 6m

Air Lease Corporation: Steven Udvar-Hazy

Guy Raz | Wondery
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Before Steven Udvar-Hazy was out of high school, he started working as an airline consultant. You could do that sort of thing back in the 1960’s, if you knew the industry—which indisputably, he did. Born in Communist Hungary, Steven was obsessed with aviation at an early age, memorizing plane serial numbers and schedules for fun.  In his early 20’s he starte ... Show More
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