Terry Leahy

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Sir Terry Leahy
Born Terence Patrick Leahy
28 February 1956
Liverpool
Nationality English
Occupation Chief Executive Officer
Employer Tesco

Sir Terry Leahy (born 28 February 1956)[1] is the CEO of Tesco,[1] the largest British supermarket chain. He lives in Cuffley, Hertfordshire,[2] with his wife, Alison, and three children.[3]

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Early life

Leahy was born in and grew up in Liverpool, the third of four brothers.[3] He attended St. Edward's College[1] which was, at the time, a direct grant Catholic school.[4] Leahy had worked briefly stacking shelves in the Wandsworth, London branch of Tesco in school holidays, travelling to London because he could not find work in Liverpool.[5] He was the only one of his brothers who didn't leave school at the age of sixteen[5] and graduated from UMIST with an upper second[citation needed] BSc in Management Sciences in 1977.[6]

Career

Leahy returned to Tesco in 1979 as a marketing executive.[1] Thanks to his success in devising and implementing the Tesco Clubcard loyalty program,[citation needed] he was appointed to the board in 1992 and became chief executive in 1997,[1] on the retirement of mentor Lord MacLaurin. Tesco has stretched its lead as the UK's largest retailer since then and has grown significantly internationally.[citation needed] He was chosen as Britain's "Business Leader of the Year" in 2003 and the Fortune European Businessman of the Year for 2004.[6] In 2005 he was selected as Britain's most admired business leader by Management Today,[7] and a Guardian Unlimited Politics panel found him to be the most influential non-elected person in Britain in 2007.[8]

Following Tesco's announcement of £2 billion in profits in April 2005, Leahy hit back against protests that the company was "too successful". He argued that such protests against a successful company are unique to the UK.[citation needed]

Honours

Leahy was granted the freedom of the city of Liverpool and knighted in 2002.[3] He was Chancellor of UMIST, his alma mater, from that year until 1 October 2004 when he became a co-chancellor of the newly-formed University of Manchester.[9]

Everton Football Club

Leahy is an Everton Football Club supporter and is a special advisor to the club.[10] He is also part of a proposed ground move to Kirkby which would have a new ground with a Tesco supermarket, a hotel, a range of high street shops and extensive car parking.[11] In April 2008 a grandmother whose house would have to be demolished to make way for the new stadium applied for planning permission to knock down Leahy's private mansion in Hertfordshire and build a communal garden on the site.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Sir Terry Leahy". The Economist. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  2. ^ a b "Gran in Tesco boss planning war". BBC. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  3. ^ a b c "Profile: Tesco chief Sir Terry Leahy". BBC. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  4. ^ "St. Edward's College - History". Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  5. ^ a b "Sir Terry Leahy: The 'Robert Mugabe of retail' bites back". The Independent. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  6. ^ a b "Terry Leahy". University of Manchester. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  7. ^ "Retail star hit by tall poppy syndrome". The Times. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  8. ^ "Guardian Unlimited Politics top 50". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  9. ^ "Senior Officers". University of Manchester. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  10. ^ "Sir Terry joins blues". Everton F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
  11. ^ "Blues choose Kirkby site". icLiverpool. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
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