Enda O'Coineen

Enda O'Coineen (born 15 October 1955 in Galway), is an Irish businessman, sailor, navigator and skipper.[2][3]

Enda O'Coineen
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1955-10-15) 15 October 1955
Sailing career
Class(es)Galway
ClubRoyal Irish Yacht Club[1]

Life

His great-grandfather participated in the Klondike Gold Rush before returning to Ireland as a publican.[4]

In 2013, he helped found the Atlantic Youth Trust, a young sailing charity in Ireland.[5] He is chair of the charity.[5]

In 2017, his net worth was reported as 49 million Euros.[6] O'Coineen purchased the Business Post, a Sunday newspaper in Ireland in September 2018.[2] The purchase was managed through the ownership of his company, Kilcullen Kapital Partners.[2]

In 2019, he published a memoir entitled Close To The Edge.[4]

In 2020, it was reported that he owned 90% of Dun Aengus, an investment vehicle.[7]

O'Coineen is married to Nicola Mitchell, the chief executive of Life Scientific, an agrochemicals company.[8] In September 2022, it was announced that the couple had separated and he was suing his wife in the High Court of Ireland.[8]

Sailing

In 1985, he attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean but capsized and was late rescued by a NATO warship.[1]

Vendée Globe

He acquired Mike Goling IMOCA 60 and renamed it "Kilcullen Voyager - Team Ireland". He was the first Irishman to enter the Vendee Globe he participated in the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe he broke the mast near New Zealand and had to retire.[9]

In early 2018, Enda O'Coineen decided to finish the planned trip of the Vendée Globe on the Imoca "The Breath of the North for The Imagine Project" belonging to Thomas Ruyant. He finished this journey on 1 April 2018 arriving in Sables d'Olonne.

Sailing highlights
  • 2015: 3rd in the Transat St Barth
  • 2015: 8th in the Rolex Fastnet Race
  • 2016-2017: Vendée Globe participant.

References
  1. "Enda O'Coineen's RIYC Talk on 'Across the Atlantic by Inflatable & Other Ways to Get Wet'". Afloat.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. "Businessman Enda O'Coineen buys 'Sunday Business Post'". Irish Examiner. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. "Enda O'COINEEN KILCULLEN VOYAGER - TEAM IRELAND". Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. "Enda O'Coineen's remarkable Journey To The Edge". The Irish News. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. "Tall Ship Grace O'Malley Catches The Eye in Belfast". Afloat.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. "Enda O'Coineen". Independent.ie. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. "Pre-tax losses narrow slightly at Business Post Group". Irish Times. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  8. "Newspaper owner Enda O'Coineen sues wife in High Court". Independent.ie. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  9. "Broken mast ends O'Coineen's attempt to circumnavigate globe". RTÉ.ie. January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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