Seán Quinn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Seán Quinn

Gaelic footballer and businessman

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1947

Place of Birth: Derrylin, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Profession: businessperson, Gaelic football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Seán Quinn

  • John Ignatius Quinn, commonly known as Seán Quinn, is an Irish businessman and conglomerateur.
  • In 2008 he was the richest person in the Republic of Ireland, but in 2011 he filed for bankruptcy.The Sunday Times Rich List in 2008 estimated his personal worth to be €4.722 billion or £3.73 billion, thereby making him the richest person in Ireland.
  • Forbes magazine's 2008 Rich List listed him again as the richest person in Ireland, in 164th place amongst the wealthiest individuals in the world.
  • His net worth, as of February 2008, was estimated at $6.0 billion, approximately £3.084 billion. In November 2005 the Quinn Group, which was then privately owned by the Quinn family, was elsewhere estimated to be worth between €4 billion and €5 billion.
  • In 2007 the group made a pre-tax profit of £439m.
  • In April 2011 Kieran Wallace of KPMG was appointed as share receiver to Anglo Irish Bank (to which the Quinn Group owe over €2.8 billion) and took control of the Quinn family’s equity interest in Quinn Group.
  • Sean Quinn and the Quinn family no longer have any role in the management, operations or ownership of the Quinn Group.
  • Quinn was declared bankrupt on 11 November 2011 in Northern Ireland; this was annulled on appeal but he was declared bankrupt in the Republic of Ireland on 16 January 2012.
  • Quinn was sentenced at the High Court in Dublin on 2 November 2012 to nine weeks in jail, due to continued asset stripping and non-co-operation with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC).Quinn is married to Patricia and they have five children - Seán, Colette, Ciara, Aoife and Brenda.

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