Tony O'Reilly, Junior
| St. John Anthony O'Reilly ("Tony O'Reilly, Junior") | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 December 1966 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Chief executive of Providence Resources |
| Spouse(s) | Robin Rafford (m. 1993–2006), Michele Clements (2008-present) |
| Children | Grey-Alexandra ("Grey"),Shane Anthony "Tony" and Miles |
St. John Anthony O'Reilly, generally Tony O'Reilly, Junior (born 1966 in Dublin) is a businessman with Irish and Australian citizenship, the third son and sixth child of former Irish media magnate Tony O'Reilly and Australian Susan Cameron. He is currently CEO of the Irish mineral exploration company Providence Resources. He is also a director of the Ireland Funds, a former CEO of Wedgwood, and is married for the second time, with three children and three stepchildren.
He was born, the youngest of six, and one of triplets, in 1966, in Dublin, and brought up in Ireland, at Castlemartin in Kildare, and Fox Chapel, Pittsburgh, US. After a difficult time at Harrow School, he moved to London at the age of fifteen for 6 months, living in a bedsit flat for £25 a week, working at a supermarket and with a landscape gardener. He then returned to the family, later finishing secondary eductation at Clongowes Wood College and then studying economics and history at Brown University, Rhode Island, with an exchange year at the London School of Economics. At Brown University he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
He started work at Morgan Grenfell but was let go after less than three weeks when his division was closed. After six months looking for a job, Tony O'Reilly Senior brought him on a business trip, on which he was speaking at the international convention of Coopers & Lybrand partners, after which he worked for that company for two and a half years working in the New York corporate fiannce department.
In 1992, he re-located to Ireland, working for mining company Arcon, part-owned by his father, responsible for Planning and Corporate Development. He was chief executive from 1996 to 2000 and chairman from 2001 to 2005. In 2005, he sold Arcon to Lundin Mining, a Canadian-based mining company, and joined their board. He was appointed a director of Waterford Wedgwood, dominated by his father, in 1998, and deputy CEO of the division of famous ceramics brand Wedgwood from 1 January 2001. He was made CEO of Wedgwood soon after. At the same time he was a director of Independent News and Media, Lockwood Financial Group and EMAT.
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