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Sir Terry Leahy (born 28th February 1956) is the CEO of Tesco, the largest British supermarket chain. He
was knighted in 2002, and was Chancellor of UMIST, his alma mater, from that year until 1st October 2004 when he became co-chancellor of the newly formed University of Manchester.
He had worked briefly stacking shelves in the Wandsworth Tesco in school holidays. After graduating from UMIST, Leahy returned to Tesco in 1979 as a marketing executive. He was chosen as 'Business Leader of the Year' 2003.
He was born and grew up in Liverpool the third of four brothers and the only one to receive a higher education. He has since been granted the freedom of the city of Liverpool. Sir Terry is an Everton Football Club supporter, and lives in North London
External links
- Tesco chief Terry Leahy (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3624645.stm) at BBC News
- Terry Leahy (http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Terry_Leahy) at Disinfopedia
- Sir Terry Leahy installed as Chancellor (http://www.umist.ac.uk/internal/umisttimes/junjul2002/page4.pdf) (extract from UMIST Times, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)
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