Eugene Murtagh
$2.59B
as of 07/05/24
About Eugene Murtagh
Eugene Murtagh founded building materials manufacturer Kingspan Group in 1965.
He owns about 15% of the Dublin- and London-listed company, which primarily sells insulation products for commercial and industrial projects.
Kingspan has grown through acquisitions and has 212 manufacturing facilities in some 80 countries, with revenue of over $8 billion billion in 2022.
Murtagh stepped down as chairman and non-executive director of Kingspan in 2021, succeeded by Jost Massenberg.
The Kingscourt, Ireland resident had five children with his wife Andrea, who died in 2014.
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IrelandSource of wealth
Building materialsResidence
Kingscourt, IrelandMarital status
WidowedBirth date
06/23/42 (age 82)Number of children
5Self-made
self-madeEugene Murtagh’s fortune is worth
43K
troy ounces of gold
40K
median U.S. household
26K
median U.S. income
0.052%
U.S. credit card volume
0.01%
GDP of the United States
0.008%
United States debt
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Did you know?
He started Kingspan by building agricultural trailers behind his family's bar, Murtagh's.
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