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Smurfit, Michael (1936– )| Irish industrialist who built the Jefferson Smurfit Group into one of the world's biggest paper and packaging companies. Smurfit was born in England in St Helen's, Lancashire. In 1955 he joined the packaging company founded in Dublin by his father, Jefferson Smurfit, and was joint-managing director 1966–77 and appointed chairman and chief executive in 1977. Under his leadership the Smurfit Group expanded into a multinational business with substantial investments in the USA, South America, mainland Europe, the UK, and Ireland. |
| Four of the 15 directors of the group are members of the Smurfit family: Michael, his brothers Alan and Dermot, and Michael's son Tony. |
| Michael Smurfit also developed the K Club, County Kildare, the country club just west of Dublin named as the venue for the 2005 Ryder Cup golf match between the USA and Europe. He is also a significant figure in the Irish horse racing and breeding industry and owned Vintage Crop, which won the 1993 Melbourne Cup in Australia. |
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