Dermot Desmond

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Dermot Desmond (born August 14, 1950 in Macroom ) is an Irish entrepreneur .

Life

Desmond worked for Citibank and then for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Afghanistan . In 1981 he founded the Irish company NCB Stockbrokers , which he sold in 1994. He then founded the investment company International Investment & Underwriting .

At the end of the 1990s he expressed his interest in buying the football team Manchester United , instead acquired further shares in the Scottish club Celtic Glasgow in 1999 from the former manager Fergus McCann and is the largest single shareholder in the Celtics with a 20% stake .

Desmond is married to Pat Desmond, has four children and lives in Dublin . According to Forbes Magazine , Desmond is one of the richest Irish people.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IIU: Dermot Desmond profile , accessed on May 15, 2016 (English).
  2. ^ Markets lift on back of takeover bids. In: Irish Independent . September 25, 1999, accessed May 15, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Annual Report 2015. Celtic plc , accessed on May 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ Forbes Magazine: Dermot Desmond
personal data
SURNAME Desmond, Dermot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Ireland