86 April 2015 - Business View Caribbean
look into developing it as much as he has,” he said. “I
think he just saw opportunities and he grasped them.
He's very much someone who you would call a very
'feel' and 'gut' entrepreneur. He sees opportunities
and he makes his decisions there and then. And once
he's made his decisions, that's it, he goes through with
it.”
The family remains intimately involved these days,
with Sammy as the owner of the three entities while
a collection of children and spouses serve in various
roles as directors and senior executives. Some 1,200
to 1,500 people are employed across the companies,
though Murphy said the workforce can swell above
2,000 with temporary staff as peak work seasons de-
mand.
The Junior Sammy Contractors arm specializes in
public- and private-sector infrastructure construction
work and lists major companies like BP, BG and Nucor
among its priority clients. Sammy's Multilift Services
owns the largest crane in the Caribbean region – a
Manitowoc 850 with a superlift device – which is used
on key installation projects through Trinidad's Point
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