Peter Casey
Peter Casey | |
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| Born | Peter Joseph Casey 9 October 1957 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | St Columb's College |
| Alma mater | Aston University |
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| Known for | Dragon on the Irish version of Dragons' Den, candidate in the 2018 Irish presidential election |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Helen Casey (m. 1990) |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | petercasey |
Peter Joseph Casey (born 9 October 1957) is an Irish entrepreneur. He is the founder and former Executive Chairman of Claddagh Resources, a global recruitment and executive search business. From 2012 to 2014 he was a panellist on the RTÉ television programme Dragons' Den, in which he was one of the investors adjudicating business plan pitches.
He has run unsuccessfully for a number of political offices, including as a candidate in the 2018 Irish presidential election, coming second. and in April 2019, as a candidate for that year's European Parliament elections, in the Midlands-North-West constituency.