Article: Throttling the leasing biz. (Leslie Gonda)

Throttling the leasing biz Leslie Gonda sold dry goods to roughnecks in Venezuela, ranched in Canada and ran gas stations in California. Now the Hungarian-born entrepreneur roosts in Beverly Hills. His products roar overhead

In 1985 Leslie Gonda's employees were worth their weight in gold, and his Beverly Hills-based aircraft company was still getting off the ground.

These days each of Gonda's 16 employees at International Lease Finance Corp. are worth about $3.2 million annually -- after tax. If workers at the $51.2 million (1987 profits) concern weighed in at 165 pounds each, they'd now be worth nearly three times their weight in gold.

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