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  1. Jul 11, 2024 · A Tribute to David Power, legendary co-founder of Paddy Power. There is great sadness across Paddy Power upon hearing the news David Power, one of the founding fathers of the company, has passed away peacefully on Monday 8 July, surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren. Born into what is now a bookmaking dynasty in 1947, David was ...

  2. Jul 9, 2024 · Tue Jul 09 2024 - 17:27. David Power, one of the co-founders of bookmaker Paddy Power, who helped grow what was a small Irish business into one of the biggest betting companies in the world with a ...

  3. Jul 8, 2024 · The co-founder of betting behemoth Paddy Power, David began working in the betting industry in 1970 when he joined Richard Power after qualifying as a chartered accountant. In 1988, he made a deal with Stewart Kenny and John Corcoran to merge those shops with their businesses and that was the beginning of Paddy Power, which joined forces with Betfair in 2016 to form one of the biggest betting ...

  4. Jul 9, 2024 · RACING titan and 'king of the ring' David Power has died aged 77 after a long illness. The legendary bookmaker, owner and co-founder of Paddy Power went from revered racecourse figure to running ...

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  5. Jul 12, 2024 · David Power, who has died aged 77, was a third-generation Irish bookmaker and a co-founder of Paddy Power which became, as Flutter Entertainment, one of the world’s largest online betting and ...

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  6. Jul 10, 2024 · Stewart Kenny, who co-founded Paddy Power with Power and John Corcoran, said David was brilliant to deal with in business but, more importantly, was a pleasure to have known on a personal level. Kenny said: "David was the most warm-hearted person you could wish to find, he had a huge heart, and the three partners of Paddy Power never had a cross word in all the 30 years we worked together.

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  8. Jul 10, 2024 · By Sonja Lindenberg - 10 Jul, 2024. More about the author. Paddy Power co-founder David Power, who helped build one of the world’s largest betting companies, Flutter Entertainment, has died at the age of 77. Power, whose family has been in the bookmaking business since 1895, established Paddy Power in 1988 by merging his family’s Richard ...

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