Name: Barry O'Neill.

Title: Chief executive, Rondomondo.

Education: Third level, none; secondary, Ashton, Cork.

Marital Status: Engaged.

Home: Clonskeagh.

Most important life event: Meeting my fiancee.

Biggest business break: Being offered a part-time post in NCAD, it brought me to Dublin.

Biggest business mistake: A bit early to tell.

Time of getting up: 7 a.m.

Time of finishing work: 7 p.m., but tend to bring work home.

Favourite breakfast: Scrambled eggs, bacon, muffins, cafe au lait on a Saturday morning.

Form of exercise: Walking.

Holidays: Plenty of weekends away, plus one or two longer breaks.

Favourite TV programme: I prefer a good book.

Favourite radio programme: Donal Dineen's Here comes the night on Today FM.

Car: Saab.

Commuting time: 30 minutes.

Car miles per year: 8,000.

Air miles per year: 100,000.

Favourite airline: British Midlands.

The worst thing about travel: Delayed flights, turbulence, awful food, waiting for connections, rushing for connections.

Favourite Bank: Bank of Ireland - it has an Internet strategy second to none.

The best thing about travel: Taxi journeys across unfamiliar cities.

Favourite tipple: An Australian or Kiwi sparkling white.

Favourite pub: The Front Lounge.

Favourite restaurant for dinner: Jacob's Ladder.

How do you spend your spare time: On the phone.

Person you most admire: Someone following a dream.

Dying words: What? Is it that time already?