20-40 Visionaries — Young Turks Set the Pace

Michael Murphy was born to be a printer; his father, Robert, is an industry legend known for friendliness and efforts to give freely of his time to support industry associations. Michael graduated from the prestigious Rochester Institute of Technology in 1993 with a degree in print management, then joined the family business as a manager of desktop publishing the same year. He served stints as prepress manager, vice president of technology/operations and COO before becoming president.