Philip D. Murphy
| Phil Murphy | |
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| United States Ambassador to Germany | |
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In office September 3, 2009 – August 26, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | William R. Timken |
| Succeeded by | John B. Emerson |
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| Born |
August 16, 1957 Needham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Tammy Murphy |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MBA) |
Philip D. Murphy (born August 16, 1957), is an American financier, diplomat, and politician who is a Democratic Party candidate in the 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial race. While planning to run for governor, Murphy launched New Way for New Jersey, a progressive organization intended to increase his political visibility in the state.
Murphy was the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2013. There he dealt with fallout from the United States diplomatic cables leak matter. He also served as finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee, in the mid-late 2000s, under Howard Dean. Murphy had a 23-year career at Goldman Sachs, during which he held several high-level positions and accumulated considerable wealth, before retiring from there in 2006. He is additionally involved in many civic organizations and pursuits.
Phil Murphy was born and raised in the Boston metropolitan area. More specifically, it is said, in Needham, Massachusetts. He grew up in a family that he later said was "middle class on a good day." The family was of Irish American heritage, with Phil being third generation. By his recollection his mother, a secretary, and father, a high-school dropout who took any job he could (including those of a manager of a liquor store and of a for-pay pall bearer), lived paycheck to paycheck. The young Phil engaged in illicit employment as a dishwasher at the age of 13 years in order to augment the family income.
Both of his parents were enthusiastic supporters of John F. Kennedy and volunteered for the young scion in the United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1952. Murphy played soccer as a boy, an interest that would stay with him in later life. The Murphy mother believed strongly in the importance of education and Phil and his three older siblings would all earn college degrees.
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