Declan James Ganley (born 23 July 1968) is an English-born Irish entrepreneur, businessman, and political activist.
He was the founder and leader of the Irish Libertas Party.Primarily a telecommunications entrepreneur, he has built businesses across Europe, Russia and latterly, the United States.
He is currently the Chairman and CEO of Rivada Networks, a telecommunications company specialising in the efficient use and arbitrage of wireless spectrum.
Rivada has patented technologies in the field of Dynamic Spectrum Arbitrage.
In 2013, Ganley testified that Rivada's patents had the potential to "save the taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars".
He founded and sold companies in forestry and the online sector.
During the 2008 Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, Ganley and the Libertas Institute successfully campaigned for a "No" vote, which was overturned in a second referendum.
He campaigned for a "No" vote in the 2012 Irish European Fiscal Compact referendum.
He has guest-presented Tonight with Vincent Browne.In 2009, he was founder and chairman of a political party, Libertas with pan-European ambitions.
The party was unsuccessful in this ambition in the 2009 European Parliament Election, succeeding in getting only one candidate elected, in France.
Ganley was upbeat after the defeat, describing the venture as a failed experiment.