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Jens Flottau
September 09, 2025
Steve Udvar-Házy doing what he likes most: buying aircraft, here with Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO Christian Scherer and ALC CEO John Plueger at the 2019 Paris Air Show. Credit: A. Doumenjou/Airbus
Steven Udvar-Házy made a big decision in June 1990. He sold International Lease Finance Corp., the aircraft lessor that made him famous in the aviation industry, to American International Group for $1.3 billion but stayed on as CEO. As it turned out, he got the timing right. He sold “15 min. before…
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