Catherine Sanz reveals the details behind her Web Summit book Drama Drives Interest [Video]

Business Post’s legal correspondent Catherine Sanz tells Ben Haugh why she decided to chronicle the story of Web Summit in her new book, Drama Drives Interest

Founded in Dublin in 2009 by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey, Web Summit has grown to become the largest tech conference in Europe.

Its first seven events were held in the Irish capital, before it moved to Lisbon following a fallout with the Irish government.

It was the first of a number of controversies that have surrounded the company since its inception.

You have described this as the most compelling Irish business story of your generation. Were you intimidated by taking it on?

I was debating for a long time whether to do it, because I knew it was obviously going to be a huge task.

It was going to be really problematic. I had no idea what it was going to turn into.

How did the …