In My Own Words
by Quinn, Sean
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- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1786051915
- ISBN 13
- 9781786051912
- Seller
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Cong, Mayo, Ireland
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About This Item
Red Stripe Press, 2023 Book. New. Soft cover. In the early years of the twenty-first century, Seán Quinn was considered to be Ireland's richest man, with a Midas touch: everything he touched seemed to turn to gold. His company owned Ireland's only glass producers, and one of its biggest insurance companies. The Quinn Group owned pubs, hotels, office complexes and shopping centres across Ireland, Europe and Asia. But between 2007 and 2013, the Quinn Group became one of Ireland's biggest ever business failures. Seán Quinn became Ireland's biggest ever bankrupt, and in the winter of 2012-2013 he ended up in jail for nine weeks, having been found in contempt of court. Why did his empire collapse so suddenly, and disastrously? The Quinn businesses had invested heavily in 'contracts for difference' (CFDs) in Anglo Irish Bank, a blue-chip company. The failure of the Irish banking system in 2008 eventually led to Quinn's losses of ?3 billion, and to the demise of his business empire, devastating Quinn, his family, and his local community. Many people have already sought to tell the Seán Quinn story, but now, for the first time, Quinn details his side of the story, correcting some of the falsehoods that have been propagated over the past decade or more. In My Own Words encompasses not just the personal, but also the story of his family and company. In this book, Seán Quinn admits his own mistakes, but also seeks to uncover the wrongs that have been committed by other people - some of whom he trusted too much, and some who wanted to use him as a scapegoat for Ireland's banking crisis. In My Own Words seeks not to complain about Quinn's fate, but to tell the truth - about what really happened. Seán Quinn is an Irish businessman, best known for founding the Quinn Group. It developed from a small quarrying operation in Derrylin in 1973 into an organisation encompassing manufacturing, insurance, hotels, and real estate, employing over 8,000 people in various locations throughout Europe..
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- Bookseller
- The Irish History Bookshop (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- In My Own Words
- Author
- Quinn, Sean
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1786051915
- ISBN 13
- 9781786051912
- Publisher
- Red Stripe Press
- Date Published
- 2023
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