date:Mar 25, 2014
ll see a second generation of the founder at the helm of a much larger international entity. The McCann family own around 12pc of Fyffes, and this will translate into around 6pc of the enlarged group.
This is the kind of road the Jefferson Smurfit Group went down back in 2002. Having listed on the stock market 16 years ahead of Neil McCann's Fyffes, Smurfit group was bought out by a private equity consortium 12 years ago. This saw a big 200m payday for Michael Smurfit and family, and reduced hi