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Michael Smurfit
Sir Michael Smurfit, KBE (born 7 August 1936), is an Irish businessman. In the "2010 Irish Independent Rich List" he was listed as 25th with a €368 million personal fortune.
Smurfit was born in St Helens, England, and educated at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare, Ireland. He left school while a teenager and joined his father's company, Jefferson Smurfit & Sons Ltd, in 1955. In 1967, he was appointed joint managing director and was made deputy chairman in 1969. He was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of the Jefferson Smurfit Group in 1977, a position he held until his retirement as CEO in November 2002.
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, with the merged company employing 42,000 employees in 33 countries on 5 continents. His share of the merged company was 4.9%. He is also a director of Ballymore International, a property development and investment group, and has investments in other small companies.
He owned the K Club in County Kildare, which was sold for €70 million in November 2019.
Smurfit previously owned the Lyons Demesne which he sold in 1996 for £Ir3.5 million to Tony Ryan.
Smurfit is a member of a number of sporting and social clubs in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Monaco and Spain. He owns a €53 million super yacht and the Smurfit Art Collection, which contains works by Irish artists such as John Lavery, William Orpen, Louis le Brocquy, Jack B. Yeats, Donald Teskey, Peter Collis, Martin Mooney, Norah McGuinness, and Anne Madden. He built up the collection of 500 pieces over 20 years.
Smurfit also commissioned Anna Livia, a bronze monument formerly located on O'Connell Street in Dublin. It was affectionately known as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi.
He has two daughters and four sons and lives in Monte Carlo. His son Tony is the current CEO of Smurfit Kappa. He is Victoria Smurfit's uncle.
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Michael Smurfit
Sir Michael Smurfit, KBE (born 7 August 1936), is an Irish businessman. In the "2010 Irish Independent Rich List" he was listed as 25th with a €368 million personal fortune.
Smurfit was born in St Helens, England, and educated at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare, Ireland. He left school while a teenager and joined his father's company, Jefferson Smurfit & Sons Ltd, in 1955. In 1967, he was appointed joint managing director and was made deputy chairman in 1969. He was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of the Jefferson Smurfit Group in 1977, a position he held until his retirement as CEO in November 2002.
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, with the merged company employing 42,000 employees in 33 countries on 5 continents. His share of the merged company was 4.9%. He is also a director of Ballymore International, a property development and investment group, and has investments in other small companies.
He owned the K Club in County Kildare, which was sold for €70 million in November 2019.
Smurfit previously owned the Lyons Demesne which he sold in 1996 for £Ir3.5 million to Tony Ryan.
Smurfit is a member of a number of sporting and social clubs in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Monaco and Spain. He owns a €53 million super yacht and the Smurfit Art Collection, which contains works by Irish artists such as John Lavery, William Orpen, Louis le Brocquy, Jack B. Yeats, Donald Teskey, Peter Collis, Martin Mooney, Norah McGuinness, and Anne Madden. He built up the collection of 500 pieces over 20 years.
Smurfit also commissioned Anna Livia, a bronze monument formerly located on O'Connell Street in Dublin. It was affectionately known as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi.
He has two daughters and four sons and lives in Monte Carlo. His son Tony is the current CEO of Smurfit Kappa. He is Victoria Smurfit's uncle.