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William Augustus Franke (born April 15, 1937) is an airline investor and a co-founder and Managing Partner of Indigo Partners LLC, a private equity fund focused in air transportation. He has been the President at Franke and Company, Inc. since 1987. Franke has been Chairman of Wizz Air since 2004, and is Chairman of Frontier Airlines. He also ...
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2 days ago · William Franke is the chairman of low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines and the owner of air transport-focused private equity firm Indigo Partners. Raised in Latin America, Franke attended law...
The company had a partnership with Enerjet when it launched the now defunct Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier Lynx Air. [2] Indigo Partners was founded by Bill Franke and has set up a number of ultra-low-cost airlines around the world. It is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Oct 16, 2017 · In the history of airline pioneers, William Franke is a name most airline passengers have probably never heard. But the 80-year-old managing partner of Indigo Partners in Phoenix is...
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Aug 20, 2019 · Through his private equity fund Indigo Partners, which he founded in 2002, Franke has been associated with nearly a dozen airlines. Acting behind the scenes, Franke has been responsible for...
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Apr 6, 2022 · He’s the owner of Phoenix-based air transport private equity firm Indigo Partners, which he founded in 2002 and through which he owns stakes in Frontier as well as European carrier Wizz Air,...
Dec 13, 2021 · Bill Franke, Indigo Partners Founder and Managing Partner. As the investor behind the growth of numerous low-cost carriers over the past few decades, The Financial Times this year dubbed Indigo Partners founder Bill Franke the “ [Warren] Buffett of the airline business.”.
