Gordon “Butch” Stewart (1941–2021), founder of Sandals and Beaches resorts
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legacy.comGordon “Butch” Stewart was a Jamaican businessman who founded the popular all-inclusive resort chains Sandals and Beaches.Stewart was an entrepreneur from a young age as he grew up in Jamaica, buying a canoe at age 12 and using it to catch fish, which he sold.
He later used his earnings to buy a larger boat, then beginning a business of ferrying rich tourists from their yachts to the shore and back.
This young work ethic continued after Stewart attended college in England: He founded the business Appliance Traders, Ltd., selling air conditioners and other appliances, and eventually founded the Sandals resort chain in 1981.
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