Sean Quinn is a businessman married to his wife, Patricia Quinn. Sean Quinn was one of the wealthiest people in Ireland in 2008, but within just two years, he went bankrupt losing all his wealth.
Quinn bankruptcy is one of the biggest net worth losses. Even after losing all his wealth, he suddenly found himself in a debt worth $3 million.
Sean’s story will be told through the three-part documentary Quinn Country released on RTE from November 28 to November 30.
Who Is Sean Quinn’s Wife Patricia Quinn?
Patricia Quinn is known as the wife of the businessman, Sean Quinn.
Patricia is a housemaker who had previously worked as a director of 63 Irish companies.
She has also worked as a company secretary for ten companies. Patricia has remained away from the limelight as much as possible.
When her husband was in debt of three million, she didn’t want to be associated with the loan as she did sign the papers but was not involved in it
She justified that she was a housemaker and was not so much into the business that she randomly signed the bank agreement papers. Patricia and Sean seem to be married for a while. The couple has not shared much about their marriage.
Patricia and Sean are also parents of their five children, Seán Jnr, Colette, Ciara, Aoife, and Brenda. All of their children are involved in the work in the family business.
Their son Seán Jnr did line out for the Fermanagh minor team while their other child was working as a director of Bouverie No. 1 Limited Ultimate Holding Company and Quinn property investments limited.
Patricia’s family comprises her husband and children and she lives with her family in Ballyconnell, Tullyhaw, County Cavan.
Who Is Sean Quinn?
Sean Quinn is an Irish businessman who was once the richest businessman.
Sean’s birth name is John Ignatius Quinn but he is known as Sean rather than his birth name. He was born on December 5, 1947, in Derrylin, County of Fermanagh.
He has a brother, Peter, and a sister, Bernie as his siblings. He and his brother Peter used to play Gaelic football for Teemore. His brother, Peter began to work as a financial advisor. Similarly, Peter was also elected as the President of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1990.
Sean was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from NUI Maynooth on 18 May 1999. Quinn also has an Honorary Doctorate from Queen’s University Belfast.
Sean’s father was into farming but he didn’t follow in his footsteps as he shared that he was too greedy. So, he was just looking for cash all the time and farming make things too slow for him due to which he ventured into business. Quinn never completed his school as he left it at 15 but it didn’t hinder his dream of earning money.
He began his career by working extracting gravel, sand, and shale from his family’s farm. After extracting them he would sell them to local builders and then slowly began to operate Sean Quinn Quarries, Ltd and it was his first big success.
After Sean Quinn Quarries, his next venture came Quinn Cement in the late 1980s which was also a success. Everything was going great for the businessman as he also opened glass factories and was doing great in them.
Sean’s net worth was estimated to be about $6 billion in 2008 and he was regarded as the richest man in Ireland. Everything went downhill when he lost €2.34bn that he had borrowed from the Anglo-Irish Bank and was declared bankrupt in 2012.
He eventually went from rich to poor and also had to go to prison for it.