Name: Terry O'Brien.

Title: Chief executive, PrimeLearning Group.

Education: Sexton Street CBS, Limerick, St Patrick's College, Maynooth.

Marital Status: Married to Mary.

Children: Sinead (10), Philip (7).

Home: Corbally, Limerick.

Most important life event: Marriage to Mary and birth of our two children.

Biggest business break: Marrying someone who can run a company.

Biggest business mistake: None worth getting upset about (so far).

Time of getting up: 7:30 a.m.

Time of finishing work: Varies. Have two offices, one at home, but generally try to finish dealing with US folk by 8 pm.

Favourite breakfast: Nothing, or the full Irish/English/ American.

Form of exercise: Work.

Holidays: Kinsale or France.

Favourite TV programme: Bull Island.

Favourite radio programme: Morning Ireland.

Car: BMW 528i.

Commuting time: To my friends in Dublin, sorry about this - 15 minutes including school drop.

Favourite airline: Aer Lingus (when operational).

The worst thing about travel: Jet lag and the incredible shrinking punt.

Favourite bank: They are all much the same but my favourite banker works for Bank of Ireland.

Favourite tipple: Guinness (done properly).

Favourite pub: The Lame Duck.

Favourite restaurant: Freddy's and the Green Onion.

How do spend your spare time: With my family, with the odd rugby match thrown in.

Person you most admire: Senator George Mitchell.

Dying words: "Up Young Munster!"