Kate A. Murphy

Kate A. Murphy

Kate Murphy (born May 7, 1985) is a co-founder and CEO of Play Magnus, a company majority owned by the World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen and working to take chess to more people around the world with a focus on youth.[1]

Murphy launched Play Magnus in 2013 with Magnus Chess As (a company owned by Magnus Carlsen, and chaired by his father, Henrik Carlsen), his manager Espen Agdestein and the Chairman and first angel investor, Anders Brandt.[2] Play Magnus aims to engage young people through digital products to engage their brains on their mobile device, using chess as a primary tool.[3] To the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet she said: "Magnus' brand is much more than just chess. It's about his brain. Smart is the new sexy. Men like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk changes the way the world works. Their brains are brilliant, Magnus has the same traits".[4]

Murphy was raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia. She attended Simon Fraser University. After graduation, she went on to co-found iDance Convention, a national dance convention in Canada where she acted as director from 2008. She continued her studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she received an MBA in 2011 and thereafter moved to Oslo, Norway, where she is now based.[5]

References

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  1. 1 2 "The team". Playmagnus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  2. 1 2 Shelley Pleiter (Winter 2016). "Marketing the ‘Mozart of Chess’". Smith Magazine Queens University. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  3. 1 2 "240.000 har lastet ned Carlsen-app - Sjakk - VG". Vg.no. 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  4. ↑ "- Carlsens sjakk-app verdt 130 millioner". Dagbladet.no. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  5. 1 2 Deirdre Kelly (2015-10-09). "Canadian MBA is the queen in chess king’s empire". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  6. ↑ Olympiad, Tromso (2014-08-06). "Play Magnus! - Olympiad News". Chess24.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  7. ↑ "Magnus Carlsen Rounds Up the World Blitz Chess Championship Results with Play Magnus CEO Kate Murphy". YouTube. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  8. ↑ Ellen Emmerentze Jervell (2014-02-26). "Time to Challenge the World Chess Champion?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  9. ↑ Stephen Keefe (2014-04-26). "Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion, Is Kind of a D*ck". Vice (magazine). Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  10. ↑ Spencer Goyette (2014-12-16). "CHECKMATE WITH PLAY MAGNUS". Game industry News. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  11. ↑ VanCott, Christine. "Play Magnus App Review". Chess.com. Chess.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Kan tjene millioner på app". Kampanje.com. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 11 February 2016.


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