Denis O’Brien features on Forbes rich list despite €1bn drop

The wealth of Denis O’Brien has fallen by $1.1bn (€1bn), but the telecoms businessman still remains one of the country’s richest people, according to the annual Forbes list of the world’s mega rich.

Mr O’Brien last year pulled plans to float Digicel amid the global stock market turmoil.

Mr O’Brien, along with Dermot Desmond and Martin Naughton, as well as little-known Pallonji Mistry, are listed among the Irish businesspeople on the Forbes list of the world’s 1,810 billionaires.