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David McMurtry

1940-03-15 – 2024-12-09

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Sir David Roberts McMurtry, CBE FRS FREng FIMechE. Irish-British billionaire businessman and engineer. Co-founder and executive chairman of Renishaw plc. His 2012 appearance in a Institute of Physics video together with Renishaw business partner, Non-executive vice-chairman John Deer. Original video title and description: A great team in engineering: Sir David McMurtry and John Deer Sir David McMurty and John Deer from Renishaw plc, winners of the 2012 Swan Medal awarded by the Institute of Physics for their role in founding Renishaw. From humble beginnings as mechanical apprentices, Sir David and John met in the library at Rolls-Royce in Bristol. Together they founded Renishaw, and have turned the Gloucestershire-based company into one of the world's foremost manufacturers of precision measurement equipment. https://www.iop.org/about/awards/gold/page_38424.htmlCredit: Institute of Physics

Life & Legacy

Sir David Roberts McMurtry (5 March 1940 – 9 December 2024) was an Irish billionaire businessman, who was the co-founder and executive chairman of Renishaw plc, the UK's largest supplier of metrology equipment. As of December 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.3 billion.

Occupation & Career

inventor, businessperson

Education

Mount Temple Comprehensive School

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Fellow of the Royal Society; Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize; Knight Bachelor; Royal Designer for Industry; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; James Watt International Medal

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Honors & Awards

Commander of the Order of the British Empire · Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers · Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering · Fellow of the Royal Society · James Watt International Medal · Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize · Knight Bachelor · Royal Designer for Industry

Organizations & Memberships

Royal Society of London

Education & Institutions

Mount Temple Comprehensive School

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q5237441 — wikidata View source

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