Denis O’Brien

Quick Facts

Full Name	Denis O'Brien
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Apr 19, 1958(1958-04-19)
Age	66
Birthplace	Cork
Country	Ireland
Birth City	County Cork
Horoscope	Aries

Denis O'Brien Biography

Denis O'Brien is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on April 19, 1958 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. Denis O’Brien (born 19 April 1958) is an Irish billionaire businessman who is the co-founder and owner of Communicorp. He was ranked among the World’s top 200 in 2015, and is the wealthiest native-born Irish citizen. His interests in business include aircraft leasing (Aergo Capital) as well as utility support (Actavo) as well as oil (Topaz Energy, through the year 2016) as well as football (soccer) as a minority shareholder in Celtic F.C.. O’Brien was convicted in The Moriarty Tribunal as having improperly in influencing the decision to award an mobile phone license in Esat Digifone. Esat Digifone consortium, which was chaired by him.

On August 27, 1997, the couple got married to Catherine Walsh, who helped Communicorp expand into the Czech Republic and who earlier was the director of marketing in Independent Radio Sales. The couple has four children.

On 7 November 1997, Esat Telecom Group plc held an initial public offering and was listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ. In 2000, Telenor made a bid for control of the company, but O’Brien sold it to BT, reportedly making €250 million from the sale.

Some time after his purchase of Quinta do Lago in 1998, but before Esat Telecom’s sale to BT in 2000, O’Brien sold his home in Dublin and established a primary residence in Portugal. Media reports have suggested that the move was spurred by a then-existing exemption to the capital gains tax in the Irish-Portuguese tax treaty, which reportedly would have saved O’Brien about €63 million in taxes.

As of 1991, the O’Brien family founded the telecommunications group Esat Telecom to compete with Telecom Eireann, the Telecom Eireann, the state owned Telecom Eireann. Together with Telenor Norway’s state telecom provider, Esat formed Esat Digifone and made a winning application for the second GSM mobile license. The circumstances surrounding the awarding of license to Esat Digifone came to the fore investigation by The Moriarty Tribunal.

Denis O'Brien Net Worth

Denis O'Brien is one of the richest Businessperson from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Denis O'Brien 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied history, politics, as well as logic in University College Dublin, graduating in 1977. Following the award of a scholarship by Boston College while attending UCD in Dublin, he earned the MBA of corporate finance in 1982. After returning to Dublin the following year, he was hired in the position of assistant manager at the local bank however, he resigned and was appointed an assistant of Tony Ryan, owner of the company that leases aircraft.

O’Brien is the CEO of Communicorp the company that holds media across Europe. The company was established by the founder within Ireland in 1989, and since then it operates independent radio stations, including Newstalk as well as Today FM. The company expanded its operations to markets that are located in Eastern European countries, later selling certain stations to operators in the local market. in 2014, Communicorp increased its operations to United Kingdom, acquiring eight radio stations across the nation and in the year 2017 Communicorp relocated the UK station to an separate company called Communicorp UK, of which O’Brien controls 98 percent in the company’s shares.

In 1997, the Moriarty Tribunal was established to look into allegations against two Irish bureaucrats, Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry. After 14 years, the Tribunal’s final report found, among other things, that Lowry, Ireland’s then energy and communications minister, assisted O’Brien in his bid to secure a mobile phone contract for Esat Digifone. The tribunal found that this happened after Fine Gael received a $50,000 donation from O’Brien via a circuitous route, although the tribunal also acknowledged that the money was not intended as a payment. The tribunal concluded that Lowry gave “substantive information to Denis O’Brien, of significant value and assistance to him in securing the [mobile] licence” on at least two separate occasions. However, because the Tribunal was not a court of law, its findings were legally “sterile”.

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Who is Denis O'Brien Dating?

According to our records, Denis O'Brien married to Catherine Walsh. As of December 1, 2023, Denis O'Brien’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2001, O’Brien founded Digicel, a telecom company that operates in the Caribbean, South America, and Asia Pacific. Using the cash from his sale of Esat Telecom, O’Brien used Digicel to build a wireless network in Jamaica. That same year, Digicel expanded into the South Pacific. As of 2019, Digicel operated in 31 countries.

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Denis Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Denis O'Brien celebrates birthday on April 19 of every year.

While considering the flotation of Digicel on the New York Stock Exchange, a March 2006 filing to the Companies Registration Office (CRO) listed O’Brien’s residential address as Sliema, Malta. Although O’Brien has remained silent about his change of address, media have speculated that the mediterranean island’s lack of taxes on assets or income brought into the country was the primary incentive for the move.

How many children does Denis O'Brien have?

Personal life. In August 1997, O’Brien married Catherine Walsh, who helped Communicorp expand into the Czech Republic and who earlier was the head of marketing for Independent Radio Sales. The couple have four children.

Where is Denis O'Brien now?

Denis O’Brien founded Digicel Group Ltd., Esat Telecom Group plc, Communicorp and other companies. He is the current chairman at Digicel Group and is former chairman of Communicorp, a company that was acquired from O’Brien in

2021. O’Brien also served as CEO and chairman of Esat Telecom Group.

What did Denis O'Brien do?

About Denis O’Brien In 1991, he made his start in the telecommunications sector by forming Esat Telecom. For the next nine years, he served as Esat’s Chairman and CEO, establishing the company as the second largest telecommunications company in Ireland and floating it on NASDAQ in 1997.

How did Denis O'Brien make his money?

Denis O’Brien runs and owns 94% of Digicel, a mobile phone network provider that operates in the Caribbean, Asia Pacific and Central America. Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti he funded the restoration of Port-au-Prince’s Iron Market and his Digicel Foundation built 150 schools.

Who is the richest person in Ireland?

Pallonji Mistry , with a net worth of $14.6 billion, is Ireland’s richest person.