Gafsons Enterprise at 60 …Sattaur Gafoor reflects on one of Guyana’s most resilient businesses

A recent picture of Sattaur Gafoor with a motor-powered cycle, his means of transportation several years ago.

Every working day Sattaur Gafoor climbs 33 stairs to get to the third-floor office of the Houston building housing his business complex, a not inconsiderable task for a man who, two Wednesdays ago, celebrated his 73rd birthday.

But the Executive Chairman of Gafsons Enterprise has the sturdy appearance of a man who is used to the peaks and troughs of business.
Gafsons is now in its 60th year and Sattaur Gafoor has been an integral part of it for the vast majority of those years. Its story, we found, was a more than interesting one.

Of all the questions put to one of Guyana’s best-known entrepreneurs his most profound