Dynasties 2018: Work hard, or else

The Smurfit dynasty was founded on the principles of knuckling down and making the best of one’s situation – a work ethic handed down by the family’s formidable patriarch, writes Barry J Whyte

Dr Michael Smurfit inherited his drive from his father Jefferson Pic: INPHO

J efferson Smurfit was born into abject poverty in Sunderland in the north of ...