Age: 47.
Occupation: Manager of U2.
Why he's in the news: U2 have just signed one of the most lucrative record contracts in the history of the music industry.
Born: Germany, 1951, son of a Royal Air Force pilot from Liverpool and a Kerry school teacher.
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Education: Clongowes Wood, Trinity College Dublin.
Family: Married to Kathy, two children, Max (14) and Alexandra (13).
Home: Co Wicklow.
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