Bob Murray

About

Robert Murray is a Veteran Fellow at the Hoover Institution and was a member of the first cohort (2021–22).

Robert Murray brings extensive experience in technology, cybersecurity, digital content, and international payments as CEO of Terranet Ventures, a seed venture capital company investing in cybersecurity, blockchain, cryptocurrency, and other technologies. He built Terranet into a successful investment platform supported by a robust cyber research and due diligence practice, a cryptocurrency trading operation, and a strategic advisory service serving portfolio companies and other organizations interested in acquiring, developing, and managing technology assets. Before Terranet, Murray was an investment banker with Lehman Brothers, where he helped raise over $25 billion in international private equity and high yield capital for a variety of governments, financial sponsors, and their portfolio firms. Following Lehman, he was a successful entrepreneur, starting and successfully exiting several technology companies in health care, data analytics, cybersecurity, and blockchain. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA in international relations from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, and a BS in electrical engineering from Northwestern University. He has lectured extensively on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and international economics topics to a variety of audiences.