A Kilkenny man has become the youngest person to be awarded the Humanitarian Lifetime Achievement Award at the Unite 4 Humanity Gala.
Walter O’Brien, who has been hailed as the ‘Irish Bill Gates’, is the founder of Scorpion Computer Services and has frequently been called on by the US Government and Federal Court System for his expertise.
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He grew up on a farm between Callan and Kilmanagh and started his own company at the age of 13.
He’s also the subject of US television series, Scorpion.
Amongst the charities he’s involved with is Kilkenny’s Taxi Watch, which sees drivers trained to help people with suicidal thoughts.
It’s run by Derek Devoy, he told KCLR News this lunchtime, Walter was vital to them getting up and running.
