Richard Murphy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Murphy
Occupation	Economist
Date Of Birth	Mar 21, 1958(1958-03-21)
Age	66
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aries

Richard Murphy Biography

Richard Murphy is one of the most popular and richest Economist who was born on March 21, 1958 in England, England, United Kingdom. British economist known for his work with the Trades Union Congress and Tax Justice Network. His policies are based on eliminating tax evasion and the damage that lost revenue does to the economy.

As many of his economic policies were adopted by Jeremy Corbyn in 2015, his ideas became known as Corbynomics.

Richard Murphy (born 21 March 1958) is a British chartered accountant and political economist who campaigns on issues of tax avoidance and tax evasion. He advises the Trades Union Congress on economics and taxation, and is a long- standing member of the Tax Justice Network. He is a Professor of Practice in International Political Economy at City University London.

For much of his early career he was an accountant in Downham Market, Norfolk. In 1985 he co-founded an accountancy firm which became Murphy Deeks Nolan. The company was sold in 2000. Murphy was also the founder of a company that became the European distributor for the game Trivial Pursuit. Murphy has since admitted that the manufacturing operation he set up in Ireland to manufacture Trivial Pursuit was there to avoid UK taxation, something of which he is now ashamed and was a turning point in his career towards anti-tax avoidance campaigning.

He has two children with his wife.

Richard Murphy Net Worth

Richard Murphy is one of the richest Economist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Murphy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After studying economics and accounting at the University of Southampton, he further plied his trade at KPMG before becoming an accountant in Norfolk.

He’s written about economics for the Guardian and Forbes.com and has also taught as a professor at City University London.

Richard Murphy was born in 1958 and brought up in Ipswich. His undergraduate degree was in Economics and Accountancy at the University of Southampton, and further trained at KPMG becoming a Chartered Accountant.

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Murphy claimed he was the subject of sexual discrimination by the BBC after not being invited to participate on a Newsnight tax debate in November 2012. According to Murphy the BBC cited “gender balance” as a reason for instead inviting his junior female colleague.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Economist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Murphy celebrates birthday on March 21 of every year.

Murphy was named by International Tax Review as the seventh most significant person having influence on tax policy, practice and administration in 2013.