Bobby Kerr Biography
Bobby Kerr is an Irish businessman and entrepreneur. He was the founder and CEO of Insomnia Coffee Company. In 2009, he appeared as a “dragon” on Raidió Teilifs Éireann (RTÉ)’s Irish version of Dragons’ Den.
How old is Bobby Kerr? – Age
He is 63 years old as of 2023. He was born in 1960 in Dublin, Ireland.
Bobby Kerr Family – Education
Bobby Kerr grew up in Kilkenny, Ireland, where his father owned the family business, the four-star Newpark Hotel. Kerr attended CBS Kilkenny and Castleknock College in Dublin before studying Catering Management at Dublin Institute of Technology.
Bobby Kerr Wife
Bobby currently resides in Sandycove with his 20-year-old wife Mary and their four daughters Meghan, Emily, Rebecca, and Michaela.
Bobby Kerr Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
Bobby Kerr Cancer
Kerr stated on November 7, 2015, that he had been diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Kerr spent time in Zambia in April 2011 conducting charity work, building a house for a local family caring for AIDS orphans.
Bobby Kerr Dragons’ Den
He appeared as an investor on RTE’s Dragons’ Den in 2009. Dragons’ Den is a model for a reality television show in which entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hopes of obtaining investment financing from them. The program debuted in Japan in 2001 as The Tigers of Money, a play on “The Tiger of Malaya,” the nickname of WWII leader Tomoyuki Yamashita. Nippon TV invented and owns the format, which is syndicated by Sony Pictures Television.
Bobby Kerr Career
Kerr started working for AIB Catering in Ballsbridge in 1981 as a chef/trainee manager. For a long time he worked at the North Ocean oil rigs, prior to working for Versa Food Administrations in Canada in 1984. Kerr coordinated the catering for one million people attending Pope John Paul II’s 1985 visit to Canada at the CNE Stadium Toronto, Ottawa Civic Centre, Crystal Beach Park, and African Lion Safari while she was living in Canada.
At the point when he got back to Ireland in 1986, Kerr took the place of Collaborator Administrator in Jury’s Lodging Ballsbridge. From 1987 to 1989, he worked as the Catering Manager for Campbell Catering at UCC. He held a variety of positions at Campbell Catering before moving on to work in Contract Catering Company’s business and marketing departments. In 1992, Kerr moved to Campbell’s Bewley’s activities and assumed the job of Overseeing Chief Bewleys Oriental Bistro, Bewleys Diversifying and Bewleys Pastry kitchen.
In 1997 Kerr became Head of Advancement, Campbell Bewley Gathering, with obligation regarding the abroad improvement of the Bewley Brand in the Assembled Realm, US and Japan.
Kerr opened PERK Coffee Shops in 1999. He acquired Fitzers, which held 50% of PERK’s shares, in 2003 and sold the company to Insomnia in 2004. Kerr became a shareholder and CEO of Insomnia after investing all of the Perk sale’s proceeds. Beginning around 2004, Kerr has driven the development of Sleep deprivation from 17 to 50 shops and expanded turnover from €5 million to €13 Million.
He sold 51 percent of Insomnia to the Icelandic Penninn group for €16 million in 2008. In October 2010, he took over as host of Down to Business, a business-focused radio show broadcast on Newstalk, an Irish talk radio station, from Mark Mortell. Kerr also transitioned from CEO to Chairman of Insomnia Coffee in 2010. Kerr sold the remainder of his stock in Insomnia to other shareholders in December 2017.