'The toys kept me going': John McGuire on bouncing back from the crash

Making (and losing) a €10 million fortune hasn’t dampened the QuoteDevil founder’s ambitions, but it has taught him the benefits of building a solid base

John McGuire Pic: Bryan Meade

CV John McGuire

Role: chairman of Pembroke Insurances and chief executive of QuoteDevil

Age:45

Family: married with two children and one more on the way

Favourite Book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

Downtime: playing football, running with the dog, playing with the children

John McGuire opens the door into the stationery room, off a tasteful meeting room, in his Georgian office building on Upper Pembroke Street in Dublin 2. ...