Christos Mouskis: The owner of Four Seasons - Interview for 'All about Limassol'

Christos Mouskis balances between methodology and emotion, luxury and simplicity. With nearly 3 decades of a flagship presence in the hotel industry, he owes his success to the fact that he never rested on his laurels. He wants to see the city changing and there are many things that still bother him and often disappoint him. He never imagined that he could live somewhere else, apart from Limassol, but he knows that it can do much better, as he always knew so about himself.

He was born in 1964 in Limassol. He grew up at Megalou Alexandrou street and went to school in the First Urban School of Limassol. When the family moved to Agias Zonis, he continued to Lanition Elementary and High School. "We have witnessed the evolution of the father at work," he recalls. "Those experiences were really strong for us. We were not a typical rich family. We were never deprived of anything, but we were living in 1 small home." The roots of Mr. Four Seasons, one of the most successful businessmen of the island, is something he admits he will never forget.

"My father worked very hard and started his career as a technician at a small workshop. He moved to Limassol for a particular project at the Curium Palace. He met our mother, married and stayed in Limassol," Christos Mouskis says, having grown up on the side of a father of businessman nature.

"Giorgos Mouskis was the first one who started dealing with aluminum, which was a new material in the 60s. It was not his area then, but he was looking for new things, he was restless and began importing aluminum. We worked from a very young age with our father. He would take us along with him to work since we were 16 years old. We spent the summers in the factory working," he recalls.

Today it is easier for someone who wants to shine, because most people, and unfortunately this is the reality, are not willing to work properly. 

Growing up in a business spirit

Was the father your role model, your mentor?

I believe that the father of all entrepreneurs is their role model. He showed us the importance of hard work and how to take risks, if and when you feel that you have to take them.

Was he an entrepreneur?

I mentioned previously how he started and managed to become a very successful businessman. He moved to creating the first aluminum plant, then proceeded to the processing of anodized aluminum and later on he created the aluminum extrusion plant, which was a model plant for all of Europe and a major development for the aluminum industry in Cyprus.

Were you at work then?

I was studying marketing and management in America in order to go to private business, but I worked in the factory during the summers. When I returned to Cyprus in 1989, being the second son, I felt that we had to expand to other sectors, since the father and the older brother were already managing the factory. Read More....