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Padraic Fallon, chairman of Euromoney Institutional Investor, died Saturday after year-long battle with cancer. He was 66. Born in Ireland, the son of a famous Irish poet of the same name, he became editor of Euromoney magazine in 1974 at the age of 28. He developed the title into one of the best read and most influential monthly magazines about international finance and capital markets. He moved on to run the business, becoming an Executive Director in 1975, Managing Director in 1985 and Chairman in 1992. He was also a director of DMGT, publisher of the Daily Mail, and he worked for the Mail Group, including Euromoney, for more than 40 years.
He was, at heart, always a journalist. A stickler for good writing, he was the author of the Euromoney style guide, which provided a model for generations of reporters. His own contribution to business writing was recognized when he won a Wincott Special Award for outstanding financial journalism in 1981.
He also wrote three books. The first, A Hymn of the Dawn, was about his childhood. The Circles of Archimedes was published in 2009. The third book is yet to be published.
He is survived by his wife Gillian and their four children Jolyon, Nicola, Harriet and Annabel.
