Name: Tom Murphy.

Title: Managing director, Spin Solutions.

School: Belvedere College.

College: Trinity College Dublin.

Marital status: Single.

Home: Waterloo Road.

Most important life event: Being held upside down by a nurse and slapped on the backside.

Biggest business break: Not being invested in by Eircom.

Biggest business mistake: Not starting Spin Solutions sooner.

Time of getting up: 8 a.m., one of the benefits of living in the city.

Time of finishing work: 8-9 p.m.

Favourite breakfast: Coffee and a rasher buttie!

Form of exercise: Running a company and snowboarding.

Favourite TV programme: The news.

Favourite Web page: www.boards.ie.

Commuting time: 25 minutes - I walk to work.

Favourite airline: JAL.

Worst thing about travel: Jetlag.

Favourite pub: The Long Stone.

Favourite restaurant: Wagamama's (great food, no pretensions).

How you spend your free time? I enjoy listening to music and painting.

Person you admire most: My father, Einstein and Darwin - in that order.

Dying words: Hey! Wow! Cool! Hey! What does this button do?