One for JohnGalt: Samizdata proposes "Michael O'Leary, the Ryanair chief executive, for the Hank Rearden Award for Top Quality Businessman of the Year."
Ryanair is the budget of budget airlines, I tried to buy one of its £29 flights from Southampton to Dublin but they were sold out. O'Leary sells tickets, and grows revenue, and tells the Telegraph "I've no intention of making life easy for bureaucrats." I'll certainly support his nomination...