Ireland’s three billionaires worth €4.9bn, Forbes reveals

IRELAND has three billionaires worth a total of $5.8 billion (€4.9bn), according to the Forbes list of the world’s richest men and women.

Fri, 10 Mar, 2006 - 00:00

Paul Kelly

The three are John Dorrance III, who is the heir to the Campbell’s soup fortune, businessman Sean Quinn and media magnate Anthony O’Reilly.

Forbes magazine yesterday revealed the globe has 691 billionaires who together were worth $2.2 trillion. At number one is Microsoft computer wizard Bill Gates.

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