Ergo founder John Purdy has €100m milestone on his mind
John Purdy got his start in the messy business of printer cartridge recycling. Nearly 40 years later, after much canny diversifying and hard graft, his original company Ergo is now nearing the €100 million revenue per year mark
CV: John Purdy
Role: Co-founder and chief executive of Ergo
From:Finglas, Dublin
Age:57
Favourite Books: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande, and Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life by James Kerr
Favourite Film: As Good as It Gets
When John Purdy finished school in the 1980s, his father Jack was quite ill. However, he was determined to leave his eldest son ...
