Sistema Plastics entrepreneur emotional, promises no staff will lose jobs in takeover

Brendan Lindsay: “I said to my wife, ‘do you think I should ask for more?' And she said, ‘don't be so bloody stupid.'"

Calida Smylie
Tue, 13 Dec 2016

Brendan Lindsay is destined to become a new member of the NBR Rich List next year, after selling his food storage company Sistema Plastics this week in one of the year’s biggest takeover deals.

Sistema has been bought by US conglomerate Newell Brands for $660 million.

Mr Lindsay began by

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