Italian in Italy, French in Fiance
The firm's top managers were very comfortable in a variety of intemational settings. Antoine Corinthios, President, Europe, Middle East and Africa, for example, was said to be "Italian in Italy, French in France." Born and educated in Cairo, Corinthios then spent 20 years in Chicago but described himself as a world citizen. He was as much of a cultural chameleon as he wanted Four Seasons hotels to be. "When I speak the language of the environment I am in, I
start to think in the language I am in and adapt to that culture. If you are going global, you cannot be one way," he explained.