Paul Murphy is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Cadence Bancorporation (NYSE: CADE), and Chairman of Cadence Bank, N.A. He has served at Cadence and its predecessors since January 2010.
Previously, Murphy spent nearly 20 years at Amegy Bank of Texas, helping to steer that institution from $75 million in assets and a single location to assets of $11 billion and 85 banking centers in the Houston, Dallas and San Antonio metropolitan areas at the time of his departure as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director in 2009. During Murphy’s tenure, Amegy completed several successful acquisitions and sold to Zions Bancorporation for $1.7 billion in 2005, with original investors realizing 36 times their investment.
Murphy is an advocate of the community and is a board member of the Houston Endowment, Inc., the largest endowment in Texas with more than $1.5 billion in assets. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Hines Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. and Oceaneering International, Inc., and is active in the World Presidents Organization.
Murphy earned a bachelor's degree in banking and finance from Mississippi State University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
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