Name: Vince Power.

Age: 50.

He has eight children, two of whom work for him.

Education: St Declan's Technical School, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford.

Current position: He is the head of the Mean Fiddler group, the largest music promotions company in Britain.

Why is he in the news?

He plans to float his company on the stock market, and to introduce Irish-themed music festivals across the US, and in Toronto and Melbourne.