The Quinn Country documentary on RTE concludes tonight at 9.35pm
Once Ireland's richest man, Sean Quinn had a long journey to amass his wealth, from leaving school at 15, working on the family farm and spreading his business empire into many sectors.
He got his start in 1973 when he started extracting gravel, sand and shale from his family's farm. He washed the materials and sold it to local builders. He began to quarry with just one lorry delivering sand and gravel.From this came Quinn Cement in the late 1980s, the basis of his wealth. He went on to make a dent in the motor insurance business by setting up Quinn-Direct. Profits for the Quinn Direct reached €232m in 2005, the Independent reported.
In November 2005 the Quinn Group, which was then privately owned by the Quinn family, was estimated to be worth between €4 billion and €5 billion.
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