Andy Ruhan

{{Short description|British businessman (born 1962)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Andrew Joseph Ruhan

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|September 1962}}

| citizenship = British

| occupation = Businessman, former racecar driver

}}

Andrew Joseph Ruhan (born September 1962) is a British businessman and motor racing driver.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/Companies/article1086067.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111049/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/Companies/article1086067.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Tycoon dragged into the spotlight|work=The Sunday Times|accessdate=16 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=516490&privcapId=11356304|title=Andrew Ruhan: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|work=Businessweek.com|accessdate=16 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.genii-capital.com/index.php?contenu_id=53&lang=en|title=Genii Capital - News – Press Releases|publisher=Genii Capital|accessdate=16 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.globalmarinesystems.com/news/global-marine-systems-ltd-solidifies-its-position-as-one-of-uks-top-private-companies-announces-changes-to-board-of-directors.html|title=Global Marine Systems Ltd solidifies its position as one of UK's top private companies; Announces changes to Board of Directors|publisher=Global Marine Systems|accessdate=16 January 2016}} Andrew Ruhan became successful during his 22 years of experience as business leader in the Data Centre industry globally (with total of 30 years of property development experience), Andy has extensively worked globally in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia. His accomplishments have been recognised worldwide which includes being hailed as Ernst & Young, Entrepreneur of the Year 2001 awardee. He has been involved in a legal dispute with his former business partners over the profits from the sale of 37 Thistle Hotels in the 2000s{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fraudster-s-family-sues-tycoon-for-100m-to-help-pay-41m-debt-8564292.html|title=Fraudster's family sues tycoon for £100m to help pay £41m debt|author=Paul Cheston and Alun Rees|date=8 April 2013|work=Evening Standard|accessdate=16 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/briefings/a-high-value-commercial-fraud-dispute-orb-and-ors-v-ruhan/3032216.article|title=A high-value commercial fraud dispute: Orb & Ors v Ruhan|work=www.thelawyer.com|accessdate=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117171506/http://www.thelawyer.com/briefings/a-high-value-commercial-fraud-dispute-orb-and-ors-v-ruhan/3032216.article|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status = dead}}{{cite news |last1=Sheehan |first1=Maeve |title=The 'ruined' Irish millionaire, his wife, a bizarre murder plot, and the battle for his secret fortune |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/the-ruined-irish-millionaire-his-wife-a-bizarre-murder-plot-and-the-battle-for-his-secret-fortune-36311304.html |accessdate=17 May 2020 |work=Irish Independent |date=12 November 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115140454/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/the-ruined-irish-millionaire-his-wife-a-bizarre-murder-plot-and-the-battle-for-his-secret-fortune-36311304.html |archivedate=15 November 2017}}