The founder of Irish betting operator BoyleSports has named his son-in-law as the company’s new chief executive.

John Boyle announced last month that he would be relinquishing the CEO’s role in the company he founded 35 years ago. Boyle, who had been CEO since 2012, said he was “ready to step back from the frontline” and suggested that his replacement would be someone within the family-owned business.

This weekend, Boyle confirmed that the company’s new CEO would be his son-in-law, Conor Gray (pictured), who has worked with BoyleSports since 2001. Gray, who began his BoyleSports career as a trainee cashier in a Dublin betting shop, is married to Boyle’s daughter Kerry. Boyle’s two other daughters also work for the company.

Gray has since handled a number of key roles in the company’s, IT, trading and digital departments. In 2013, he relocated to Asia to handle relationship development work before returning to Ireland the following year to become the company’s chief operating officer.