Chris Murphy

Mr. Murphy serves as a Partner at Valor and leads the Firm’s strategy and research function. Mr. Murphy works with Valor’s portfolio companies on business planning, strategy development, and strategy deployment in addition to leading Valor’s research function. Mr. Murphy is an economist with more than 15 years of experience in leading strategy, business, and market research and analysis initiatives across a range of companies and industries. Mr. Murphy joined Valor in 2011 from Pipal Research Corporation (“Pipal Research”), a Chicago-based business research and analytics firm. As part of the founding team of Pipal Research, Mr. Murphy led the development of the company’s overall research capabilities and infrastructure and was instrumental in growing the company’s Corporate and Professional Services business segments until the company was sold to a unit of Standard & Poor’s in 2010. While at Pipal Research, Mr. Murphy provided research services to Valor since 2005. Mr. Murphy was formerly with McKinsey & Company (“McKinsey”). During his more than five years with McKinsey, Mr. Murphy led teams in North America to deliver high quality, value added research services, and directed global knowledge management and training initiatives. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Murphy held management and analyst positions with Moore Corporation (now part of RR Donnelley) and Kohler Company, where he was actively involved in providing market analysis and planning, market research, competitive intelligence, and forecasting. He also worked with the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. Mr. Murphy earned a Master of Management Degree with Distinction from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, graduating Beta Gamma Sigma. He holds an Honors Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Political Science, magna cum laude, from Marquette University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Murphy also holds a Master of Arts Degree in Applied Economics, with a specialization in Financial Economics, from Marquette University. Mr. Murphy currently serves on the Economics Alumni Advisory Board at Marquette University as Treasurer.