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THE FRIDAY INTERVIEW/Michael Smurfit:TWO YEARS into his retirement, Michael Smurfit watches the rampant disruption in the business world with concern. Dire stock markets have dented the fortune he accumulated during his time in charge of the Smurfit packaging empire, but he does not hanker after the fray. Not at all.
“I thought I was going to miss it more, but that hasn’t been the case,” he says from Monaco, the tiny Mediterranean principality where he has lived for almost 20 years. “It’s fine. For the first time in my life, I’ve time for myself.”
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