Tony O'Reilly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Irish businessman and rugby union player
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Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
About Tony O'Reilly
- Sir Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly, AO (born 7 May 1936), is an Irish former businessman and international rugby union player.
- He is known for his involvement in the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from 1973 to 2009, and as former CEO and Chairman of the H.J.
- Heinz Company.
- He was the leading shareholder of Waterford Wedgwood.
- Perhaps Ireland's first billionaire, as of 26 May 2014 O'Reilly is being pursued in the Irish courts for debts amounting to €22 million by AIB, following losses amounting to hundreds of millions of euros in his unsuccessful attempt to stop Denis O'Brien from assuming control of Independent News & Media.As a rugby player, he represented Ireland, the British and Irish Lions and the Barbarians and is enshrined as a member of the International Rugby Board's Hall of Fame.
- O'Reilly has six children and 19 grandchildren and is married to Chryss Goulandris.
- He lives primarily in Lyford Cay in the Bahamas.
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