Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

32 CHARLES MASSY (1897-1968) and HENRY NEAL (1875-1963) T hese two men combined to form Neal and Massy Engineering Company Limited in 1932, now one of the largest conglomerates in the country. CHARLES McENEARNEY H e formed Charles McEnearney & Company, now McEnearney Motors. The company has expanded into several other businesses including, electrical and household appliances, assembly of motor vehicles and appliances, business equipment and office systems. In 1969, the companies of Alston and McEnearney merged. They became part of the Ansa McAl group. RAHAMUT (1866-1941) H e was a businessman and cricket sponsor, born in India around 1866. He arrived in Trinidad in 1872. He earned his living traveling throughout Trinidad selling his goods and by the age of 18, he had earned enough money to buy a property in High Street, San Fernando where he opened a dry goods store. This was the beginning of the Rahamut Group of Companies consisting of Ramco Gas, Rahamut Service Stations Limited and Rahamut Enterprises Limited. He was also the sponsor of the Rahamut Cricket competition: in 1920, he donated the Cup which was the top prize in South Trinidad for over thirty years. B. H. ROSE (BERNARD HAYWARD) (1881-1953) R ose, from England, arrived here in 1919. After years working in the furniture industry, he formed his own factory, B H Rose Limited, in 1935.