Eugene Murtagh
{{Short description|Irish businessman (born 1942)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Eugene Murtagh
| image = EugeneMurtagh1234.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|06|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kingscourt, County Cavan, Ireland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education =
| occupation = Businessman
| known for =
| title = President Emeritus, Kingspan Group
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| boards =
| spouse = Andrea Carolan (d. 2014)
| partner =
| children = 5
| parents =
| relatives =
| website =
}}
Eugene Murtagh (born 23 June 1942) is an Irish billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Kingspan Group, a building materials manufacturer.
Early life
Eugene Murtagh was born on 23 June 1942,{{cite news |title=Eugene Murtagh Kingspan |url=https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/eugene-murtagh-kingspan-26217580.html |accessdate=1 November 2019 |work=Irish Independent |date=8 February 2004}} in Kingscourt, County Cavan, Ireland, where he grew up in the same street as his future wife Andrea Carolan.{{cite news |title=Woman behind Kingspan who loved arts and nature |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/woman-behind-kingspan-who-loved-arts-and-nature-1.1734002 |accessdate=1 November 2019 |work=Irish Times |date=22 March 2014}}
Career
In the early 1960s, when he was a fitter and she was a hairdresser, they started a business making trailers. He founded Kingspan in 1971.
Murtagh is chairman of Kingspan, and was CEO until 2005, when he was succeeded by his son, Gene Murtagh.{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Eugene Murtagh |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/eugene-murtagh/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=1 November 2019}} He owns 16% of Kingspan.
Personal life
He was married to Andrea Carolan until her death in 2014, and they had five children together. He lives in Kingscourt, County Cavan, Ireland.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murtagh, Eugene}}
Category:Irish company founders
Category:Businesspeople from County Cavan
Category:People from Kingscourt
{{Ireland-business-bio-stub}}