Richard Murphy is an Irish businessman and entrepreneur, best known for being the founder of the now defunct video rental chains Xtra-vision and Chartbusters.
His first job was as a motorcycle courier during which he got a compensation after suffering a leg injury.
[1] After opening the first Xtra-vision in Ranelagh, the company made Murphy worth around 26 million euros by the time he was 29.
Murphy left the company in 1990 taking his fraction of the ownership money with him.
After American giants Blockbuster bought the company in 1993 Murphy decided to set up another successful company called Chartbusters to compete.