Lochlann Quinn

Lochlann Quinn  link Wikidata Zoominfo (Businessman, financier)
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Born	1940
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	Blackrock College, University College Dublin
Billionaire businessman who attended Bilderberg 1997

Lochlann Quinn is a billionaire businessman.

Education

Quinn attended Blackrock College, and graduated from University College Dublin (BComm) in 1962. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1966.

Career

Quinn joined Arthur Andersen & Co. in London and, in 1969, he returned to Dublin to head up their audit practice in Ireland until 1980. In 1980, he joined Glen Dimplex – a small, privately owned Irish company – as deputy chairman and finance director. The company later became a multinational with 8,000 employees. Quinn was one of two shareholders but in 2004 sold his interest back to Martin Naughton.

In 1991, it was reported that Quinn was a shareholder in a company called United Property Holdings, one of the firms at the center of the Johnston Mooney & O'Brien scandal. The company made a £2 million profit on the first deal involving the site in Ballsbridge, Dublin. Other shareholders included Dermot Desmond, Smurfit Paribas Investment Management, Glen Dimplex founder Martin Naughton and horse breeder John Magnier. Joe Lewis was also reported to be a shareholder.

Quinn is also a former director of AIB Bank (1995–96), former chairman of Allied Irish Banks Group, and half-owner of The Merrion Hotel. Following the fraudulent trading activities at AIB's American subsidiary - AllFirst - both Quinn and the Chief Executive, Michael Buckley, offered their resignations to the board of AIB on Tuesday, March 12, 2002, but were asked to stay on by the board.

Quinn's business interests include the Merrion Hotel in Dublin; commercial properties in Dublin, London and Brussels; and a vineyard in Bordeaux (Château de Fieuzal).

Since January 22, 2008, he has been the chairman of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB).