Billionaire Boy is a children's fiction book written by David Walliams and illustrated by Tony Ross. It was published on 28 October 2010 [1] by HarperCollins. The story follows Joe Spud, who is the richest boy in the country and has everything he could ever want, but wishes to have a friend and learns a lesson on what it's like to be a normal boy.

Apr 20, 2012 · Life before the 1950s was an unseasoned existence -- one without Sour Cream & Onion, Spicy Thai Barbecue, or Fully Loaded Baked Potato. Before Joe "Spud" Murphy got into making potato chips (or crisps as they call them in Ireland), chips only came in one flavor: plain.

Joseph "Spud" Murphy was an Irish businessman and inventor, best known for being the founder of Tayto and inventing the cheese and onion-flavoured crisp.

Tayto Snacks is a crisp and popcorn manufacturer in Ireland, founded by Joe Murphy in May 1954 [1] [2] and owned by German snack food company Intersnack. [3] It owns several brands, including its leading product of Tayto Crisps for which it invented the first flavoured crisp production process. [ 4 ]

The book is about a boy called Joe Spud, who is no normal child but a Billionaire Boy! He owns a Formula One racing car and everything a twelve-year-old kid could dream of. But Joe learns that wealth can't give him everything.

Sep 16, 2023 · Meet Joe Spud: The Billionaire Boy. At the heart of “Billionaire Boy” lies Joe Spud, a 12-year-old boy who is the central character of the story. Joe is not your typical preteen; he’s the son of a multi-billionaire named Leonard Spud.

Oct 1, 2019 · So, how did all this hoopla spawn for a Dubliner, Joe “Spud” Murphy, and his dreams of inventing the first-ever flavoured potato crisp? Let’s take a look at the history of Tayto! This story starts back in 1954 when Dublin local Joe Murphy—aptly nicknamed “Spud”—had a “HALLELUJAH” moment.

Meet Joe Spud. Joe didn’t have to imagine what it would be like to have loads and loads and loads of money. He was only twelve, but he was ridiculously, preposterously rich.

Jun 14, 2012 · Joe “Spud” Murphy. It’s horrific to imagine a world without crisps, much less a world without flavoured crisps but the aptly named Dubliner Joe “Spud” Murphy invented the latter.

In 1954, Irish entrepreneur Joe ‘Spud’ Murphy invented what is believed to be the world’s first flavoured crisp. Together with Seamus Burke who created the now famous Tayto cheese & onion flavour, and seven other employees, Joe opened his first potato crisp factory on O’Rahilly Parade, off Dublin city’s historic Moore Street.