Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 6, 2000
ISADORE (ISSY) SHARP founded Four Seasons Hotels in 1960 with the
opening of the first Four Seasons hotel on Jarvis Street in downtown
Toronto. After a decade of trial and refinement Mr. Sharp created a
single vision that today has made Four Seasons the only operator in the
world exclusively focused on mid-size luxury hotels and resorts of
exceptional quality. Four Seasons creates properties of enduring value
using superior design and finishes, and supports them with a deeply
instilled ethic of personal service. Doing so allows Four Seasons to
satisfy the needs and tastes of discriminating customers, and to
maintain its position as the world's premier luxury hospitality company.
The educational background of Mr. Sharp combined with his design and
construction expertise, his single focus on satisfying the customer and
his leadership skills, have allowed him to attract the capital sources
and a loyal employee base to create the largest luxury hotel management
company in the world. Profile
Mr. Sharp: I founded the company back in 1960. Over the years we have
evolved to be what we are today. But, it did not
