Wikipedia might tell you that "Colm McLoughlin is the Irish businessman, and the executive vice chairman and CEO of Dubai Duty Free an airport retailer with a turnover of US$2.029 billion in 2019", but in this conversation with Jarlath Regan we learn what happened before all that success. What brought this man to move to Dubai in 1983 to help create this retail empire? Recorded midway through the first wave of COVID it gives a remarkable insight into how he helped the company navigate these treacherous waters and how much his Irish roots have influenced this remarkable success.

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