Faced with deciding what to do when he left school, Fergal Mullen made the snap decision to study electronic engineering. It seemed like a good idea at the time but in fact Mullen’s calling lay elsewhere as he quickly discovered when an athletics scholarship saw him transfer from what was then Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) – now TU Dublin – to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he combined engineering with business studies and a passion for distance running.
“Going to Brown was my ‘get lucky moment’. The curriculum was liberal arts based and as I was a bit bored with all the engineering stuff I started exploring subjects within the business studies curriculum such as economics and organisational behaviour and absolutely loved it,” says Mullen, who credits Irish Olympian athlete John Treacy for enco
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