He has made several attempts to buy out the rival body, which would reunify the game, but has been unsuccessful.[8]. Hearn appeared alongside many Matchroom players in the video for "Snooker Loopy", a hit for "rockney" pop rock duo Chas & Dave. [3], World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, "Snooker chief Barry Hearn answers your questions", "BBC Sport - Ping pong and Barry Hearn collide at Alexandra Palace", "Barry Hearn wins vote to take control of World Snooker", "Boxing: Everybody blames each other for fight fiasco: High Noon in Hong Kong promised much but delivered only grief, as Harry Mullan discovered", "Boxing: Hearn rides the blows: As boxing fights to restore its credibility, a 46-year-old former champion steps back in the front line while the man at the centre of the fiasco in Hong Kong is determined to rise again after High Noon: Simon O'Hagan meets the promoter who refuses to be knocked out of his stride", "BDO counties reject takeover bid by Barry Hearn's PDC", "Barry Hearn quits as Leyton Orient honorary president as EFL demands club response", December 2005 BBC article about Hearn and Leyton Orient, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barry_Hearn&oldid=958859631, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 May 2020, at 02:01. He has two children named Katie and Eddie with his wife Susan. © FamousBirthdays.com - use subject to the information collection practices disclosed in our Privacy Policy. Hearn was the chairman of the football league club Leyton Orient from 1995 to 2014. Hij is de oprichter en voorzitter van Matchroom Sport en vooral bekend als voorzitter van de PDC (voorheen ook van de WPBSA. VETERAN promoter Barry Hearn suffered a heart attack that required an operation but his son Eddie revealed his dad is “in good spirits”. Barry Hearn (Londen, 19 juni 1948) is een Britse ondernemer en sportbestuurder. Before Hearn's takeover the club was facing a financial disaster due to the collapse of the then chairman Tony Wood's coffee business in Rwanda at the time of the Rwandan genocide. In 1992 fungeerde Hearn als promotor van Regilio Tuur. Although Hearn has been successful in stabilising the club financially, his tenure included the club's longest run in the bottom division (the fourth tier) of the Football League since its creation (in 1958). After watching the first recording of Wrestle Mania in Ockenden, he pitched the idea of Fish-o-Mania to Greg Dyke at LWT. Entrepreneur #134775. In 2002 kreeg hij een hartaanval. [3], Hearn is the chairman of the Professional Darts Corporation, one of darts' two governing bodies, the sport having been split since the world's leading players left the British Darts Organisation in 1992. [1] Hij had onder andere Dennis Taylor en Ronnie O'Sullivan onder contract. De club promoveerde in 2006 naar de League One, de 3e klasse in Engeland. Hearn is currently the chairman of the Professional Darts Corporation, and was also until July 2010 chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). He offered the television rights to Greg Dyke of London Weekend Television for £200,000, who agreed to pay £250,000 because he did not believe Hearn could deliver for the quoted price. Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 3 jun 2020 om 11:57. Most Popular ★ Boost . 72 Year Olds. Snooker. He worked and then ran a series of small businesses as a teenager, from washing cars to picking fruit and vegetables.[3]. Hearn prospered from the snooker boom of the 1980s when he formed Matchroom with players Davis and Tony Meo. He formed a new firm, Kensal House Investments, and DHA became Deryck Healey International (DHI). He also served as chairman for the Leyton Orient football club starting in 1995. His son Eddie now manages the boxing side of the business. How many others would have? Barry Maurice William Hearn (born 19 June 1948) is an English sporting events promoter and the founder and chairman of promotions company Matchroom Sport. I stood my ground. He also worked as a boxing promoter with one of his first promotions being for a fight involving Frank Bruno. Hij werd manager van Steve Davis en richtte begin jaren 80 zijn promotiekantoor Matchroom op.

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