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| Realex Payments founder honoured with Golden Spiders Internet Hero Award |
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19.11.09 Internet Entrepreneur Colm Lyon honoured at the annual Eircom Golden Spider Awards Colm Lyon, Founder and CEO of Realex Payments was presented with the Internet Hero Award at the Eircom Golden Spider Awards. In response to the announcement Colm commented “I am truly delighted to have been given this award. It means so much to be recognised by your own industry and it's a very proud moment for me and the team at Realex Payments. I would like to thank our thousands of clients who have supported us over the years, the banks with whom we work and the developer community.” Colm founded Realex Payments in 2000 and the company has gone on to become a true Irish success story. Just recently Realex Payments announced revenue growth of 12% and pre-tax profits of €721k. The company employs 70 staff and has over 3500 clients. “In particular I would like to acknowledge the wonderful and enthusiastic staff in Realex Payments. We have an incredible team that shares the vision and the passion to create an international internet payment processing business. We look forward to tackling the challenges that this opportunity presents” Colm continued. Colm is completely immersed in the Irish Internet industry and has a passion about growing and scaling Irish Internet businesses- so much so that he personally has driven the Internet Growth Alliance (www.alliance.ie). His personal drive and leadership to help other Irish businesses scale and grow internationally has made him a true and compelling contributor to the Irish Internet Industry. Being honoured with the Golden Spiders Internet Hero Award is testament to his hard work and commitment to the Irish internet industry. “The Golden Spiders have been in existence since the start of this industry and I would like to extend my thanks to Business and Finance and Eircom and all the judges involved.” Colm concluded. Contact Information: For more information, contact Tracy Glynn, Head of Corporate Marketing, Realex Payments. Tel: +353 1 2808559
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