Top 8 Richest and Most Influential People in Jamaica

1......Joseph Matalon

Joseph Matalon is a businessman who is confirmed to be the chairman of the ICD Group, ICD group is a Jamaican investment holding firm,and joseph matalon was able to operate the company for more than twenty years ,he is a man that has so much knowledge and also expertise in transactional finance,knowledge in investments and banking and also in several institutions, which actually includes the British Caribbean Insurance Company,also includes the Development Bank of Jamaica and also the various Private Sector Organization that are present in Jamaica .... he is also confirmed to be the former director of the Bank of Nova Scotia which is also known as jamaica limited....

2.....Paula Kerr-Jarrett

Paula Kerr-Jarrett is actually an attorney,she is also a philanthropist and she is also a great leader in the jamaican society...she is married and the name of her husband is mark,, she is a lover of tourism and she is doing her best to promote tourism in Montego Bay.....she and her husband are business tycoon and they have just recently announced a multibillion-dollar project which involves the building of 1,200 homes, also the building of a 48-acre technology park which is really a great thing because that has been confirmed to be able to bring more than thirty thousand jobs to people in jamaica.... and they are also planning to build a university that will accommodate so many students and give more value to education in jamaica....

paula Kerr-Jarrett’s have a great-grandmother named " Marion Louise Reece Bevell", the woman is considered to be the first woman that contested for an office to become an independent candidate in the general election which was said to occur at 1944.....

3.....Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart

this gentle man is actually the chairman of a company named " " Sandals Resorts International", he owns alot of firms in jamaica and many other countries...according to forbes His net worth is around $one billion dollars...... he is a hardworking entrepreneur and an intelligent man.....

4.....Wayne Chen

Wayne Chen is largely into food business and he is currently the CEO of Super Plus Food Stores and he is involved largely in the local supermarket business.....the company "Super Plus food"is a company that have over thirty large stores which are present in jamaica... wayne chen is also known to be a director at NCB (Cayman) Limited, also the AIC (Barbados) Limited, and also the Christmas Town Centre Limited...he is a great businessman....

5......Dr. Blossom O’Meally-Nelson

she is the current CEO of aermar group,aermar group is a logistic company which is owned by her family,,she is also confirmed to be the first female Postmaster General in Jamaica..... She is a strong woman who have also served as a pro-chancellor and also served as the chairman of the Council for the University of Technology which is also known as (UTECH)..........

6...... Michael Lee-Chin

he actually started his career as a road engineer and he actually worked with the Jamaican government, and due to his hardwork he was able to actually work his way up to become the chairman and the founder of Portland Holdings, portland holdings is a company which is a privately-held investment firm that is located in Jamaica.....Michael Lee-Chin is also the executive chairman of AIC Ltd....And also the chairman of National Commercial Bank...... Mr. Lee-Chin was confirmed to be born in Port Antonio, and he is actually also a large stakeholder in the National Commercial Bank present in Jamaica ..... it was also confirmed that he has more than two hundred acres of beachfront in Ocho Rios, and have several homes in canada,jamaica,florida and he has actually been consistently listed on forbes magazine as a billionaire and the rating have continued for the past four years....thanks for reading.....

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