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William 'Bill' Cullen (born 17 February 1942) is an Irish businessman, philanthropist, reality television star and media personality. With his considerable profile, Cullen is regularly seen on RTÉ programmes such as ''The Late Late Show'' and ''The Frontline''. Cullen was the owner of the Renault Ireland franchise〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Desert Island Discs )〕 until it was taken under more direct control by Renault in 2007. His 2002 best-selling autobiography, ''It's a Long Way from Penny Apples'' covered his life growing up as a poor child in inner-city Dublin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Apprentice )〕 Between 2008 and 2012, he hosted the Irish reality television series ''The Apprentice''. His motor-trade business was put into receivership in October 2012. ==Early life== Born into poverty in the Summerhill area of Dublin in the 1940s, Bill Cullen was the fifth of fourteen children, seven boys and seven girls. Cullen was born in a caul (the membrane surrounding the amniotic fluid) which was considered a good luck omen at the time. His mother, Mary Darcy Cullen was a fruit seller and Cullen started trading at market stalls from a very young age.〔〔 His father Billy was in the Irish Army Reserve and was for the most part unemployed, or working on the dock and getting labour that was not much for the Cullen family.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Bill Cullen' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Cullen (businessman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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