Linda Murphy, CEO

摘要

Linda Murphy was born in Augusta, Ga. Her father was an engineer with DuPont, a job that required frequent moves for him and his family. In fact, Murphy had lived in 14 states before she was in high school, she says. Becoming accustomed to change at a young age was helpful years later when she had to make a transition from a career in radio sales-working with such "product lines" as KC & the Sunshine Band-to being the CEO of Flex Enterprises and learning about products such as hoses and belting accessories. In the mid-'70s, Murphy worked in radio sales after graduating from the University of Delaware. However, some men in the radio industry were unenthusiastic about a woman working in sales. "In fact, I had been told by my first boss that women cannot sell," she says. But Murphy finally talked him into hiring her, on straight commission, at a Rochester, N.Y., station.