Steven F. Udvar-Házy

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Steven F. Udvar-Házy is a Hungarian-American aircraft leasing pioneer and billionaire businessman known for co-founding International Lease Finance Corporation and for his major philanthropic support of aviation museums.


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billionaire
businessperson
human
philanthropist
alive true
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
Horatio Alger Award
birthDate 1946-01-06
birthPlace Budapest
Hungary
birthYear 1946
coFounded International Lease Finance Corporation
countryOfCitizenship Hungary
United States of America
donatedTo Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
educatedAt UCLA Anderson School of Management
University of California, Los Angeles
ethnicGroup Hungarian American
familyName Udvar-Házy
fieldOfWork aircraft leasing
aviation industry
founded Air Lease Corporation
gender male
givenName Steven
hasPhilanthropicFocus aerospace education
aviation museums
industry aviation
finance
knownFor co-founding International Lease Finance Corporation
founding Air Lease Corporation
major donations to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
languageSpoken English
Hungarian
name Steven F. Udvar-Házy
namesakeOf Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
netWorthStatus billionaire
notableAchievement built one of the world’s largest aircraft leasing fleets
helped popularize operating leases for commercial aircraft
notableFor pioneering the aircraft leasing industry
notableWork development of large-scale commercial aircraft leasing models
occupation aircraft leasing executive
businessperson
positionHeld chairman of Air Lease Corporation
chief executive officer of Air Lease Corporation
chief executive officer of International Lease Finance Corporation
residence United States of America

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