42 Business View Caribbean - January 2015
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the air conditioning, so we started an air conditioning
business. There has never been a master plan. When
the family saw the opportunity to diversify slightly, into
construction or supply or what have you, it was all op-
portunistic. I’ve been flying by the seat of my pants my
whole life, and sometimes I crash, but most times I’ve
landed OK.”
And throughout the transitions, the familial vibe has
remained.
“Most people that come don’t leave until it’s time to re-
tire,” he said. “And we’ve always made it a point to hire
people and work with people who are much smarter
than ourselves, which makes life a lot easier, too.”
A workforce of between 400 and 500 spans the en-
tire operation, Mosko said, and a 14-acre yard houses
the marine equipment, concrete, construction and air
conditioning operations. Separate locations include
an island site development business, in addition to an
equipment service company, an equipment rental op-
eration and a steel company.
The headquarters are on the fourth floor of a
70,000-square-foot office building that the group owns
and rents out, in addition to interests in local shopping
centers, marinas and commercial properties.
“We’ve kind of spread it out a bit,” he said.
“The other thing that happens, too, you see it with fam-
ily businesses and I’ve seen it with friends of mine, is
that as the family grows and the business doesn’t, you
get more and more mouths trying to feed off the same
business. We’re trying to expand so that we can feed
