Skin in the game – how former Apprentice star become one of the biggest players in the Irish beauty industry

A grin spreads across Kieran Walsh’s face as he reflects on his career in business. The 42-year-old has managed to pack in more than most would in a lifetime. From growing up around his dad’s engineering equipment supply business, selling the latest Nokia handsets at school, appearing on TV hit show The Apprentice and then launching a beauty distribution group and growing it from a small cupboard in Cork to a vast 27,000 sq ft hub building hugely successful brands with the likes of Vogue Williams, Walsh is always on the go.

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