# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sean-gallagher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:22:59.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sean-gallagher"
name: "Seán Gallagher"
slug: "sean-gallagher"
description: "Seán Gallagher is an Irish businessman and former reality television personality. He was a co-founder in 2000 of Smarthomes, which after initial success, failed in 2008–2010, and Gallagher departed in 2010–11. He was a panellist on RTÉ's Dragons' Den from 2009 to 2011. Gallagher was an active member of Fianna Fáil for 30 years, from 1981 to 2011, and sat on its National Executive twice. He spent much of his career before Smarthomes working in Fianna Fáil, and in the Irish public service. Gallagher ran as an independent candidate in the 2011 presidential election, finishing second to Michael D. Higgins. He ran again in the 2018 presidential election, finishing third."
tagline: "Irish businessperson and reality television personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Se%C3%A1n_Gallagher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1962-07-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.424012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.seangallagher.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gallagher"
    title: "Seán Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1_(%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "شون غالاغير (رجل أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gallagher"
    title: "Seán Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gallagher"
    title: "Seán Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gallagher"
    title: "Seán Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gallagher"
    title: "Seán Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gallagher"
    title: "Seán Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gallagher"
    title: "Seán Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984574"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump