Top 50 Irish Entrepreneurs

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Irldigi

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Hi All,

Looking for opinions here, in no particular order. Who would you consider worthy of a place in the Top 50 Irish Entrpreneurs (must be living !!)

Cheers,

Darren
 
Harry Crosbie would have to feature fairly high on the list
 
Sean Quinn would certainly get my vote, along with the likes of Denis O'Brien and Michael O'Leary.
 
I'm thinking...

along with whatever is posted so far...

Sir Tony O reilly
Dermot Desmond
Tony Ryan
JP McManus
John Magnier
Martin Naughten
Edward Haughey (Norbrook)

Any more..need to get 50 !!

Cheers
 
Any more..need to get 50 !!

Why? Are you a Sunday newspaper business journalist with writer's block or something?
 
No such luck....

Just a little friendly challenge between my wife and I !!!
She says we don't have 50 Top entrepreneurs in Ireland and I ahve said of course we do.... then she asked me to name them.... so I said I will to-night !!!!


Thanks for all the help..
 
Michael Smurfit
Bill Cullen
Paul McGuinness
Niall Mellon
John Rohan & Richie Barrett- Treasury Holdings
 
I nominate:
Aer Arran Express managing director, Padraig O’Ceidigh
ajapale

and find the e&y winners over the last few years here:
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Don't forget that there are quite a few Irish entrepreneurs doing well for themselves abroad too. I'm sure that one or more of the Sunday newspapers have compiled such a list at some point in the past which might save you and everybody else the trouble of compiling a new one.
 
Chris Horn- Iona technologies
Martin Naughton- Glen Dimplex
Moya Doherty- Riverdance
Ossie Kilkenny
 
All a bit silly this but...

Bob Geldof
Gillian Bowler
Pino Harris
Raomal Perera (Sri Lankan but long settled in Ireland)
Mick Wallace
Liam Carroll (Zoe Developers)
Bill McCabe (CBT/Smartforce et. al. now a VC)
Brian Long (Parthus)
 
Albert Reynolds(pet food/dance halls etc)
L Walsh(great bands (lol))
?O callaghan (Cork builders)
The fella that ownes abrakabra cant think of his name.
moran red cow inn etc
Pat McDonagh supermacs
John O' sullivan aircoach
 
Larry
Bono
Edge
Adam

Don't forget the fifth U2'er - Paul McGuinness. As far as I know they split everything five ways.
 
Don't forget the fifth U2'er - Paul McGuinness. As far as I know they split everything five ways.

Clubman
Already had him in an earlier post:)


Heres a few more for ya

Peter Barry
Fergal Quinn
Eddie Jordan
Larry Goodman
Barney Eastwood
Ben Dunne
Noel Duggan - Mill street

not sure if you'll get these past the missus but
Paul Costello
John Rocha
Louise Kennedy
Paul Treacy - the hat guy
 
Ray & Anne-Marie Umney founders of O'brien's Irish sandwich Bar
 
My preferred definition of entrepeneur would be one who takes risks (inovative or not) in the interest of gaining profit.

With this in mind, I think the most deserving persons should be the ones who risked the most personally.

There are names on the above lists who carried very little personal risk in relation to their ventures. Many of them used investors or company profits to fund their ventures, or gained from the unforseen jumps in property prices.

At the risk of being accused of "sitting on the fence", I would like to propose the "Daft Brothers" Eamon and Brian Fallon. They supported a business with little or no advertising revenue to build up it's popularity, prior to seeking payment from advertisers.
 
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