Who was Gordon Butch Stewarts net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

Publish date: 2024-06-15

Gordon “Butch” Stewart Wiki – Gordon “Butch” Stewart Biography

Gordon “Butch” Stewart commonly popularly known as Butch Stewart, was a Jamaican hotelier and businessman. He was the founder, owner, and chairman of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, and their parent company Sandals Resorts International, as well as The ATL Group and its subsidiaries Appliance Traders and The Jamaica Observer.

Stewart received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of the West Indies in 2001 and from the University of Technology, Jamaica in 2009. He also received an honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree from Johnson & Wales University in 2011.

Stewart started selling fish he caught to local hotels at age 12, developing a taste for entrepreneurship. He then embarked on a career as a “master salesman at the renowned Dutch-owned Curaçao Trading Company, quickly rising to the position of sales manager but itching to start his own company.”

In 1968, with no collateral “but recognizing the comfort that would make air conditioning an essential service, Stewart convinced American manufacturer Fedders Corporation to allow him to represent their brand in Jamaica. With that, Stewart’s foundational business – Appliance Traders Limited (ATL), was born and he was on his way.”

Gordon “Butch” Stewart Age

Gordon “Butch” Stewart was 79 years old.

Family

Stewart had eight children; one of his sons, Jonathan, was killed in a car crash in 1990. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl, children Brian, Bobby, Adam, Jaime, Sabrina, Gordon, and Kelly.

Cause of Death

Gordon “Butch” Stewart, has died in Miami from an undisclosed illness, according to a press release from Sandals Resorts International.

Legendary Jamaican entrepreneur Gordon “Butch” Stewart, one of the hospitality industry’s most vibrant personalities and founder of Sandals Resorts International, the world’s leading all-inclusive resort company, has died at the age of 79. An unstoppable force, who delighted in defying the odds by exceeding expectations, Stewart single-handedly built the world’s most awarded vacation brand from one resort in Jamaica to over two dozen distinct resorts and villas throughout the Caribbean.

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he was mourning one of the island’s most “brilliant, innovative and transformative business minds,” while the Miami-based Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association called Stewart a Caribbean tourism icon.

Tributes poured in after the news of Stewart’s death was broken.

Have you heard ‘When ‘Butch’ Stewart pleaded to save the dollar – 1992’ by @jamaicagleaner on #SoundCloud? https://t.co/7gVo4pUzR9

— Jamaica Gleaner (@JamaicaGleaner) January 5, 2021

Net Worth

His net worth was given at $1 billion, according to Pan American World.