Dermot Desmond

Global Betting Exchange was established in 2000 by Ireland's leading entrepreneur Dermot Desmond with the goal to develop a global exchange platform for the trading of sports bets. Global Betting Exchange is now one of the World's leading exchanges and matches nearly 50 million sports bets to a value in excess of $7 Billion annually. Global Betting Exchange has built its technology around a networked Broker-Exchange model, and it licenses its broker software platform to gaming operators globally. This networked model works in much the same way as the poker network model by pooling players from many different gaming operators to deliver scale and liquidity. Global Betting Exchange also licenses its software to Sportsbook operators which allows them to access the exchange for pricing and risk management, while continuing to strike bets as principal on their own book.

International Investment & Underwriting Ltd. (IIU) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Dermot Fachtna Desmond. The firm is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

IIU Asset Strategies Ltd. (IIU) is the hedge fund management subsidiary of International Investment & Underwriting Ltd. in Ireland. The firm was founded by Dermot F. Desmond in 1995. IIU is headquartered in Dublin and offers convertible bond and equity funds for sophisticated investors.

Rietumu Banka AS provides commercial banking services. It offers recurring transfers, mortgages, subordinated bonds, term deposits, fixed income funds, leasing, letter of credit, charge cards and insurance services. The firm also remote banking, corporate consulting and same-day payments services. The company was founded by Arkady Suharenko and Leonid Esterkin on May 13, 1992 and is headquartered in Riga, Latvia.

Part of BT Group Plc, Esat Digifone Ltd. provides mobile telecommunications services. The private company is based in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish company was founded by Dermot Fachtna Desmond. Esat Digifone was acquired by BT Group Plc from Telenor ASA on March 31, 2001 for $1,239.01 million.

Intuition Publishing Ltd. provides computer-based learning services. It offers learning products including e-learning, mobile and classroom training to markets including financial, life science and pharma and public sector. The firm provides eLearning library products that provide content and eLearning courses in the areas of financial markets, business skills, compliance and eLearning for health, as well as eLearning support and implementation services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Ireland LLP provides integrated audit, tax and advisory services. It offers audit and assurance, consulting, deals, people and organization and private business services. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) is a finance portal for international financial services located in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish company manages and maintains the IFSC website, which contains information about all companies trading in the IFSC. IFSC.ie offers special offers exclusive to its website visitors and a varied range of restaurants and bars in the IFSC and the wider area. The private company was founded by Dermot Fachtna Desmond.