[2] He was educated there at Christian Brothers College,[3] and earned a bachelor's degree from University College Cork, and later attended the six-week Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
[6] When he was 22, Murphy became a finance director at Alliance UniChem, a drugs wholesaler which became part of Boots UK.
[5][6] In 2013, Murphy became managing director of health and beauty, international and brands at Boots.
[10] In May 2024 the Tesco PLC annual report revealed that Murphy had received a £10 million pay package for the year to February 2024, doubling his prior year's earnings.
This comprised £4.7 million in pay and bonuses, up from £4.3 million, with the rest from shares that were awarded to Murphy when he joined and paid out after he surpassed a number of performance targets.