Tony O'Reilly
Irish businessman, former CEO of Heinz, former rugby union international / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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,[1] and as former CEO and chairman of the H.J. Heinz Company. He was the leading shareholder of Waterford Wedgwood. As of 26 May 2014 O'Reilly was 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.[2]
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Birth name | Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1936-05-07) 7 May 1936 (age 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Belvedere College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University College Dublin University of Bradford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Spouses Susan Cameron Chryss Goulandris Children Cameron O'Reilly Gavin O'Reilly Tony O'Reilly, Junior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 lived in Lyford Cay in the Bahamas until 2017, when the property was sold for less than €12 million as part of a bankruptcy arrangement.[3] O'Reilly now lives in Chateau des Ducs de Normandie in Bonneville-sur-Touques in France.[3][4]