Gavin Duffy is an Irish entrepreneur and businessman, and is part owner of the HRM Group of Companies, one Ireland's largest recruitment companies. Duffy set up a local radio station employing 20 people by age 18. In 1989 he set up the country's first licensed provincial local radio station, LMFM, which was sold to UTV in 2004 for about €10 million a sum which Duffy claims holds the Irish and UK record for the highest multiple achieved for a broadcast or publishing asset. He founded his media and management consultancy Mediatraining.ie in 1992 with his wife and business partner Orlaith Carmody.