Tony O'Reilly
Sir Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly, Kt. (born 7 May 1936, Dublin, Ireland), is an Irish businessman and former international rugby union player. He is known for his involvement 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, he remains one of Ireland's richest citizens.
As a rugby player he represented Ireland, the British and Irish Lions and the Barbarians and is enshrined in a member of the International Rugby Board's Hall of Fame. With six children and 19 grandchildren, and married to a Greek shipping heiress and horse breeder, he lives primarily in Lyford Cay in the Bahamas, and Kilcullen in Ireland, with frequent stays at Glandore.
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