Digicel boss Denis O’Brien is now officially Ireland’s wealthiest man with a fortune of 6 billion US dollars. Mr. O'brien tops the individual wealth list in the latest Sunday Times rich list.
He has made his fortune by providing cell phone service across continents and a vast media empire that includes radio stations and properties such as the Irish Independent group.
The paper reports that Mr. O’Brien is the richest individual on the list as Ireland’s wealthiest 250 people saw their wealth rise 12 per cent to 80 billion dollars in the past year. The Sunday Times says the scale of their fortune is now so large that it is equivalent to 35 per cent of Ireland’s gross domestic product.
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