by Jeroslyn JoVonn
September 5, 2025
Terrence Murphy turned his entrepreneurial drive right into a billion-dollar enterprise portfolio after a short NFL profession.
Terrence Murphy leveraged his expertise for serial entrepreneurship to attain over $5 billion in gross sales after a short NFL profession.
Murphy, an East Texas native, was chosen within the second spherical of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Inexperienced Bay Packers, signing a five-year, $3.4 million deal after a standout profession as a large receiver at Texas A&M. An damage minimize his NFL profession brief, however he shortly turned his earnings into his first enterprise enterprise in the true property market.
”I began my first enterprise, TM5, and scaled it to $1.5B in gross sales in lower than 8 years,” Murphy advised Atlético Dallas. “That startup firm had presents to be acquired, which launched me to M&A and enterprise capital investing.”
With a rising actual property portfolio on the time, and alongside his spouse Erica, a College of Texas at Austin graduate and licensed actual property agent, Murphy dove into the sector. Collectively, they developed pupil housing, multifamily, and luxurious residential initiatives in communities like Traditions and Greens Prairie Reserve, ultimately launching TM5 Properties, which has achieved $1.5 billion in gross sales.
Murphy’s TM5 Fairness Companions manages almost 1,000 rental items, whereas he has individually offered over 70 properties, every valued at greater than $1 million. By Terrence Murphy Corporations, he holds stakes in actual property, building, sports activities, and enterprise capital.
Now, Murphy’s latest enterprise is an possession stake in Atlético Dallas, the soccer group introduced in 2024 and set to debut within the United Soccer League Championship in 2027. It marks a full-circle second for the Texas native, combining his lifelong passions for sports activities and entrepreneurship.
“I’ve just lately surpassed these milestones in my profession: $5B in gross sales and acquisitions, and I’ve constructed, acquired, or invested in 110 firms underneath the Terrence Murphy Corporations portfolio,” Murphy shared. “However the ones I’m most pleased with are those that I performed a job in constructing. That’s how I see Atlético Dallas. It’s an opportunity to create one thing from the bottom up. To construct one thing particular. What helped me transition from sports activities into enterprise was a unending need to evolve. That’s why I’m excited to be a part of Atlético Dallas.“
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