I see beef baron and billionaire Larry Goodman has added another €800,000 profit to his fortune through the sale of Independent News and Media (INM).

The Irish Times reports that Goodman has a 2.14% stake in INM, acquired through an investment company.

INM owns the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent, Sunday World, Herald, Belfast Telegraph and several regional papers.

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INM is to be bought by Belgian media company Mediahuis for €146m, it was announced on Monday.

Goodman will receive some €3.1m from the sale having acquired the shares for around €2.3m.

This equates to a return of 35% on his investment. Not bad going.