JK Murphy Advisors

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

The perfect person to have on your side.

Helped our company realize a great outcome.

I started working with Murph in 2007, successfully closing on our first deal in mid 2012. Murph played a strategic role formulating, assessing and completing our project with a wealth of information. He is the perfect person to have on your side, assisting in all phases of a company’s life. He has become a dear friend and confidante.

Rick Katz

ModernHealth Holdings, Inc.

Helped our company realize a great outcome.

JKMurphy Advisors helped our company realize a great outcome. Murph brought a real practical, level-headed approach to helping us prepare and sell the company. He pushed us to prepare and take the steps necessary to accomplish our goals, and never let us lose sight of the objective. And because we were prepared, this critical, once in a lifetime process went very smoothly. We achieved over 2x value -- more than we expected when we engaged Murph and had a lot of fun along the way.

Jeff Lyall
RW Lyall

ABOUT US

Our combined experience of 20 plus years of investment banking, management consulting, strategic advising and planning expertise, gives us a unique perspective to think like a buyer, not an owner. This is the foundation for our unbiased, objective analysis and the ability to anticipate problems and opportunities you may not see. We have successfully guided hundreds of private businesses through the daunting and complex processes of maximizing their Market Value, preparing for a sale or capital raise, and accelerating the growth of their business with or without a transaction in mind.

John K. Murphy, President

John K. Murphy, affectionately known as Murph, has spent his career working with private business owners to successfully achieve their growth stories acting in a consulting and advisory board-type role. After 20 years as an investment banker, Murph started JKMA in 2004 and put his “We think like a buyer, not an owner” philosophy to work. Murph’s straightforward, yet patient hands-on approach provides clients with the trustworthy partner they need to meet their strategic, growth, liquidity, succession, Market Value, risk tolerance and shareholder transition objectives.

Murph has also been active angel investor for the last 15 years, giving him broader insights to apply with his consulting clients.

Whether it’s at the poker table or navigating turbulent waters, Murph’s poker face gives nothing away. He is a dedicated Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Baaaadgerrss fan who graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BA in Finance and Marketing, and holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.