Sir Terence Patrick "Terry" Leahy was born on 28 February 1956 and is a British businessman, previously the CEO of Tesco, the largest British retailer and the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues.
14 Facts About Terry Leahy
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Terry Leahy attended Our Lady of the Assumption Primary School, L25.
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Terry Leahy began working and went on to study at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology where he gained his BSc in Management Sciences and graduated in 1977.
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Terry Leahy applied for a job at Tesco, but lost out to another candidate.
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Terry Leahy concluded that Tesco should stop following a strategy of catch-up and start leading through market knowledge, which led to his success in devising and implementing the Tesco Clubcard loyalty programme and monitoring the shopping habits of Clubcard holders.
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Terry Leahy was appointed to the board in 1992, and in 1995 Tesco became the UK's biggest retailer.
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Terry Leahy became chief executive in 1997, on the retirement of Lord MacLaurin who wanted to appoint a successor to lead international expansion and increased market share.
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On 8 June 2010, Tesco announced that Terry Leahy was to retire as chief executive in March 2011.
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Terry Leahy was chosen as Britain's "Business Leader of the Year" in 2003 and the Fortune European Businessman of the Year for 2004.
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Terry Leahy was granted the freedom of the city of Liverpool and knighted in 2002.
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Terry Leahy was Chancellor of UMIST, his alma mater, from 2002 until 1 October 2004, when he became one of two co-chancellors of the University of Manchester, when UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester were merged into a new university.
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Terry Leahy was given an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Cranfield University on 7 June 2007.
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Terry Leahy is an Everton Football Club supporter and is a special advisor to the club.
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Terry Leahy was 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.