Bobby Kerr

Bobby Kerr is an Irish entrepreneur and businessman. He was the chairman of Insomnia Coffee Company. In 2009, he was a "dragon" on the Irish version of Dragons' Den, produced by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

Career Kerr's first job was in 1981 as chef/trainee manager in AIB Catering Ballsbridge. For two years he worked at the North Sea oil rigs, before working for Versa Food Services in Canada in 1984. While in Canada, Kerr held Assistant Catering Manager positions in the CNE Stadium Toronto, Ottawa Civic Centre, Crystal Beach Park and African Lion Safari and coordinated the catering for Pope John Paul II's visit to Canada in 1985 for one million people.

In 1999 Kerr set up PERK Coffee Shops. In 2003 he bought out Fitzers, who held 50% of the shares in PERK, and then sold Perk to Insomnia in 2004.

From 2009 to 2013, he was an investor on the RTE's Dragons' Den.

In December 2017, Kerr sold the rest of his stake in Insomnia to other shareholders.

Personal life Bobby Kerr was brought up in Kilkenny where his father ran the family business, the 4 star Newpark Hotel. Kerr was educated in CBS Kilkenny and Castleknock College, Dublin and went on to study Catering Management at Dublin Institute of Technology.

Bobby Kerr currently lives in Sandycove with his wife of 20 years Mary and their four daughters Meghan, Emily, Rebecca and Michaela.

Kerr played for Bective Rangers in Donnybrook, Dublin for ten years.

In April 2011, Kerr spent time doing charity work in Zambia, building a house for a local family caring for AIDS orphans.

On 7 November 2015, Kerr revealed that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the head and neck.