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- Smurfit became a deal-maker extraordinaire. From the late 1960s through to the 1970s, he bought and bought, each time ripping out costs and pushing up profitability. In 1970 Smurfit acquired the venerable Hely Group, doubling the size of Smurfit.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Dr Michael Smurfit has written his autobiography, A Life Worth Living. The book tells how a man from modest beginnings left school at 15 and became an international business titan.
Business. At Jefferson Smurfit Group, Smurfit led the early expansion of the Group in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. He followed this with a series of acquisitions in the US, Latin America and Continental Europe. As chairman, Smurfit oversaw the merger of the Smurfit Group with Kappa Packaging BV to form Smurfit Kappa, [ 4] with the ...
Sep 10, 2017 · "That [Alton] was the single biggest business shock I've ever had," says the now 81-year-old business titan, who has returned to Ireland from his home in Monaco (where he is Honorary Irish...
Oct 13, 2022 · Born in St Helens, Lancashire in August 1936, Michael Smurfit joined his father's business, Jefferson Smurfit & Sons Ltd. in Dublin, straight from school. Two years after the company floated on the Irish Stock Exchange, Michael and his brother Jeff became Joint Managing Directors, as Jefferson Senior took on the role of Chairman and Chief ...
Apr 6, 2014 · Sat 5 Apr 2014 at 18:30. HE is Ireland's original business tycoon, with an enviable art collection, a massive yacht, and living in aloof, exclusive retirement in Monte Carlo. But a new book from...
Michael oversaw the merger of the Smurfit Group with Kappa Packaging BV in 2005 to form the Smurfit Kappa Group – employing 42,000 people in 33 countries on 5 continents. He has been awarded many honorary doctorates and was also made a Knight Commander of the British Empire.
Feb 18, 2016 · In 1975 Michael Smurfit was announced as the Business & Finance ‘Man of the Year’. Here, Jim Dunne speaks to the Smurfit Group manager about how the Group has achieved its success and why he believes the government has been slow to react to changing times.
