Barry Connolly (1978) Business Person of the Year Award for 2022
A past pupil of CBC Monkstown Park, Barry Connolly, (class of 1978) was recently named Business Person of the Year 2022 at The Irish Times Business Person of the Year Awards.
Barry was named Business Person of the Month by the Irish Times in April 2022 after a company he co-founded, Fulfil Nutrition, was sold to confectionary giant Ferrero for an impressive €160m. Connolly spotted a gap in the Irish market in 2016 for a high-protein “impulse purchase” bar that was aimed at the broader market and not just gym goers. He pushed for an aggressive expansion into the UK market. The brand was developed in-house at Barry’s Richmond Marketing Group before being spun into a separate business that at the time of the acquisition by Ferrero was selling 1m cases a year in Ireland and the UK.
He has been recognised as Business Person of the Year. Congratulations to Barry on his tremendous achievement.
Barry was named Business Person of the Month by the Irish Times in April 2022 after a company he co-founded, Fulfil Nutrition, was sold to confectionary giant Ferrero for an impressive €160m. Connolly spotted a gap in the Irish market in 2016 for a high-protein “impulse purchase” bar that was aimed at the broader market and not just gym goers. He pushed for an aggressive expansion into the UK market. The brand was developed in-house at Barry’s Richmond Marketing Group before being spun into a separate business that at the time of the acquisition by Ferrero was selling 1m cases a year in Ireland and the UK.
He has been recognised as Business Person of the Year. Congratulations to Barry on his tremendous achievement.