The Corporate Jet Investor Podcast
Welcome to the Corporate Jet Investor Podcast where we bring together some of our friends and colleagues from across the world of business aviation.
Hosted by Alasdair Whyte and brought to you by the team at Corporate Jet Investor. Winner of best digital offering in the 2020 Aerospace Media Awards. Connect with us at www.corporatejetinvestor.com
Producers: Olivia Leaning and Louisa Whyte
The Corporate Jet Investor Podcast
Latest Episodes
CJI Podcast #54 | Luis Barros | Leviate Air Group | “Find people that do things better than you”
Luis Barros, founder and CEO of Leviate Air Group, joins Alasdair Whyte to talk about his path from a first aviation program at 16 to building a Dallas-based business that covers charter, aircraft sales and operations. He explains how he bought...
CJI Podcast #53 | Mark Bearden | First American Equipment Finance | "As a lender we feel really good about fractional ownership"
This week on the Corporate Jet Investor podcast, Mark Bearden, Senior Vice President at First American Equipment Finance, explains why fractional ownership is so popular and why his banks likes financing it.Mark discusses why City Nation...
CJI Podcast #52 | Patrick Hosman Jr | Southern Cross Aircraft | "We have lost millions on single airplanes"
Southern Cross Aircraft is one of the most active large business jet dealers in the world. In this CJI Podcast Pat Hosmann Jr. explains how they look for aircraft with “good bones” and the risks involved in inventory (especially when three brot...
CJI Podcast #51 | Denise Wilson | The Jet Agent | "Interpersonal relationships are still everything"
Denise Wilson has done nearly everything in business aviation: commercial pilot, aircraft manager, operator for 14 years, and now founder and president of The Jet Agent, a brokerage built on real advisory relationships instead of the usual sale...
CJI Podcast #50 | John Odegard | 5x5 Trading | "The aircraft brokerage world can be a little bit like the Wild West"
John Odegard, founder of 5x5 Trading and Chairman of IADA, has spent 30+ years closing deals in private aviation, from NetJets to Wheels Up to building his own firm from scratch. He talks career pivots, the leap of faith it took to launch a new...