Wizz Air was set up with the help of an American guy called Bonderman who was one time chairman at Ryanair.
Interesting that Wizz Air operate into a lot of the Ryanair bases/airports such as Liverpool, Luton, Prestwick, Brussels Charleroi, Eindhoven, Gerona, Frankfurt Hahn, Hamburg Lubeck, Paris Beauvais, Malmo, Gothenburg City, Stockholm Skavsta, Oslo Torp, Milan Bergamo and Rome Ciampino.