Playing the game to win: Gamesworld co-founder Kevin Neary

Kevin Neary, founder of entertainment company Gamesworld, warns young start-ups to drop the obsession with becoming the next unicorn

Kevin Neary, founder, Gamesworld Picture: Bryan Meade

Kevin Neary and business partner Michael Finucane struck gold in their early 20s when they established Gamesworld, a video game retailer which came to be valued at €100 million. But Neary is modest about the achievement.

“All I did was connect some dots and spot an opportunity in an emerging market,” he told The Sunday Business Post at a recent event at the Talent Garden hub in Dublin.

From an early age, the ...