Terry Leahy


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Sir Terry Leahy (born 28 February 1956) is the CEO of Tesco, the largest British supermarket chain.


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Leahy was born and grew up in Liverpool, the third of four brothers and the only one to receive a higher education, he attended St. Edward's College[1] (at the time a direct grant catholic school[2]). Leahy had worked briefly stacking shelves in the Wandsworth Tesco in school holidays. After graduating from UMIST with upper second BSc in Management Sciences, Leahy returned to Tesco in 1979 as a management trainee.

Thanks to his success in devising and implementing the Tesco Clubcard loyalty program, he was appointed to the board in 1992 and became chief executive in 1997, on the retirement of mentor Lord MacLaurin. Tesco has stretched its lead as the UK's largest retailer since then, and also has grown significantly internationally. He was chosen as Britain's "Business Leader of the Year" in 2003 and the Fortune European Businessman of the Year for 2003. In 2005 he was selected as Britain's most admired business leader by Management Today,[3] and a Guardian Unlimited Politics panel found him to be the most influential non-elected person in Britain in 2007.[4]

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 were unique to the UK. Protesters point out that much of the success enjoyed by the big supermarkets is based on suppliers being squeezed - some say 'bullied' - until they struggle to make a living.

Leahy was knighted in 2002, and was Chancellor of UMIST, his alma mater, from that year until 1 October 2004 when he became co-chancellor of the newly formed University of Manchester.[5]

Married, Leahy lives in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, with his wife and three children. A new Tesco Express store much to the opposition of local business owners and the majority of local residents.[6]

Granted the freedom of the city of Liverpool, Leahy is an Everton Football Club supporter and is a special advisor to the club.[7] 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.[8] In April 2008 a grandmother residing at the proposed stadium site applied for planning permission to demolish Leahy's own private mansion in Hertfordshire. She intends to build a communal garden on the site.[9]

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