John Delaney (1969 – 21 May 2011) was an Irish businessman and the CEO of the
trading exchange website
Intrade
Intrade.com was a web-based trading exchange whose members "traded" contracts between each other on the probabilities of various events occurring. After having been forced to exclude US traders in 2012, on 10 March 2013 Intrade suspended all tra ...
from 2003 until 2011, which was the first commercial online exchange to feature trading on election outcomes.
Delaney died at the age of 42 while climbing
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...
—a lifelong ambition—and came within 50 meters of the summit. He is survived by his wife, Orla, two sons, Caspar and Alexander, and a daughter, Hope, who was born whilst Delaney was away on the expedition.
See also
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List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
Over 340 people have died attempting to reach—or return from—the summit of Mount Everest which, at , is Earth's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This makes it the mountain with the most deaths, although i ...
References
1969 births
2011 deaths
Irish businesspeople
Mountaineering deaths on Mount Everest
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