17 Facts About Cameron O'Reilly

Anthony Cameron O'Reilly, generally known as Cameron O'Reilly, was born on 28 April 1964 and is a Dublin-born businessman with Irish and Australian citizenship, the son of an Irish father, media magnate Tony O'Reilly and an Australian mother, Susan Cameron.

Cameron O'Reilly finished school at Clongowes Wood, a Jesuit school near the main family home, Castlemartin, County Kildare, both historically owned by the same family.

Cameron O'Reilly took his Irish Leaving Certificate in 1983, then attended Worcester College, Oxford, graduating with an honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, having represented the university in tennis, rugby and punting, and having led a motorcycle expedition from Oxford to China.

Cameron O'Reilly represented Oxford in debating and was treasurer of the Oxford Union.

Cameron O'Reilly worked for the investment bank Goldman Sachs from the mid-1980s to 1988.

Cameron O'Reilly was appointed to the APN board of directors.

Cameron O'Reilly noted that one newspaper commented that he might spend more time on APN and less in nightclubs after this.

In May 1996, Cameron O'Reilly was appointed CEO of APN, and directed a programme of acquisition and development over several years, increasing interests in radio and other channels, while approaching the internet area cautiously.

Cameron O'Reilly became involved in the work of a number of charitable organisations, some with his wife, Ilse, and became a life governor of the Australian Ireland Fund.

In October 1999, Cameron O'Reilly announced that he would leave his executive role at APN to pursue private business interests, and he did so in July 2000, moving to Grenoble in France.

Cameron O'Reilly remains a non-executive director of APN and was a director of Independent News and Media until early 2009.

In 2002, Cameron O'Reilly returned to Australia, where he received the Governor Peace Award in November.

Cameron O'Reilly developed Bayard with a focus on investments that leveraged growing shortages of energy and water, including metering technology, and by 2008, the Bayard group of companies employed over 5000 people across 30 countries, with a turnover of in excess of US$1.2 billion and EBITDA earnings in excess of US$200 million.

In July 2008, Cameron O'Reilly announced a five-year refinancing of the company's borrowings and credit lines, totalling US$1.1 billion, and plans to float by 2010, with an equity value in excess of US$2 billion.

In May 2011, it was announced that Cameron O'Reilly had sold Landis+Gyr to Toshiba Corporation of Japan for $2.3 billion.

Cameron O'Reilly has since 2010 resided in Zug, Switzerland, the home of Landis+Gyr and now Bayard Capital AG.

Cameron O'Reilly is reportedly a major donor of the Australian Republic Movement, having donated $250,000 in 2015 and $125,000 in 2022.