People don’t remember what you say, they remember what you did for them

Pearse Lyons is Ireland’s secret billionaire, with bags of enthusiasm for growing his global business

Pearse Lyons Pic: Finbarr ORourke

CV: Pearse Lyons

Age:71

Lives: Nicholasville, Kentucky

Family: married to Deirdre with a daughter Aoife and son Mark

Favourite film: The Godfather

Downtime: Lyons runs early every morning and is known to sing on occasion. He is a big fan of the University of Kentucky’s basketball team (whose coach John Calipari is a friend) and also follows Ireland’s football, rugby and athletics teams

P earse Lyons is something of a celebrity around Lexington, ...