J.P. McManus can say among his closest personal friends are the greats like Tiger Woods. He himself is a millionaire several times over. How did he begin?
Well, his extraordinary fortune all began with a race. Originally from Limerick, he is now worth roughly £255m. Most of it has come from his various gambles and foreign currency trades. This makes him Ireland's eighth richest man. McManus now is living in Switzerland and has more than 100 racehorses which he mainly runs in jump races. He also holds a sizable share of Manchester United. In addition, McManus also co-owns the Sandy Lane Resort in Barbados, along with fellow millionaire and former Celtic's major shareholder Dermot Desmond. He got his first tastes of gambling as a schoolboy long before going to work in his family business.