Kevin Murphy is the CEO of Driscoll’s. My guess is that if you were to look at the strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and more in your refrigerator, you’d find the Driscoll’s logo adorning the package.

Murphy’s route to Driscoll’s was hardly direct. He was born in South Africa. After college and some time in the military, he jumped aboard a sailboat and sailed from South Africa to South America and then up through the Caribbean. He eventually found work on another sailboat and wound up on the West Coast, where he met his wife. They eventually settled in Monterey, California, and with a background and degree in agriculture, found a home in the industry.

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