Smurfit Kappa
Smurfit’s latest deal could surpass father’s legacy
By agreeing Smurfit Kappa’s merger with West Rock, the low-key scion of the famous packaging family is set to leave his own distinctive mark
Tony Smurfit was made to wait for his tilt at the top job at his father’s market-leading firm.
Rising to the top of Smurfit Kappa, as his once privately owned family business came to be known, was not guaranteed by his name, and could not be gifted to him by Michael, his father, who retired as executive chairman in 2007, 30 years after he had become chief executive.
When the top job as chief executive ...
