Brian Murphy

Brian P. Murphy is a founder and the managing member of Portfolio Advisors, LLC. He is a member of Portfolio Advisors’ Management Committee, seven investment committees, global head of business development and investor relations, and co-heads the Advisory Services practice. Portfolio Advisors is a Registered Investment Advisor and Qualified Professional Asset Manager (QPAM) that specializes in delivering customized, private equity, private real estate and private credit solutions to its limited partners and clients.  Portfolio Advisors has raised approximately $17 billion across 30 funds from over 1,300 limited partners from around the world. Clients include the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP), Utah Retirement Systems (URS), the Los Angeles City Employee Retirement System, IBM, General Reinsurance, The Pension Fund of the Christian Church, UBS Warburg, Nestle Pension (US), and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.  Portfolio Advisors manages over $21 billion and administers over $45 billion of private equity, private real estate, and private credit investments through its Advisory, Funds Management, and Administration Services.   

Brian has served, or is serving, as a director of nine client portfolio companies and as an advisory board member of twenty-four private equity partnerships. He earned a BA from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Columbia University.  Brian is also a CFA.