Rank #1364
Denis O'Brien
Net worth $3.1B
Telecom · Ireland
- Born
- Apr 17, 1958
- Age
- 68
- Source
- Telecom
- Residence
- Dublin
- Citizenship
- Ireland
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Carroll School of Management
Net worth over time
Biography
- Denis O'Brien founded Digicel, a mobile phone network provider that operates in the Caribbean, Asia Pacific and Central America.
- O'Brien made a fortune selling his Irish mobile outfit, Esat Telecom Group, to British Telecom Group in 2000 for $2.8 billion.
- He has investments in energy companies and resorts on the Iberian Peninsula.
- In 2019, O'Brien sold his stake in Independent News and Media to Mediahuis, losing hundreds of millions of Euros on his investment.
- O'Brien made another media industry exit in 2021 by selling Communicorps, a radio company, to Bauer Media
- O'Brien once sold horse pills.
- O'Brien, whose mother was a political activist, cofounded the Front Line Defenders to protect and provide emergency support for human rights activists in danger.
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