The decades-old flagship Guardsman has blazed a trail in providing private security to firms in Jamaica and several other Caribbean islands. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. So I always knew I wanted to contribute to Guardsman in a big way,” the 34-year-old Benjamin shares. “I was exposed to Guardsman and its people from a very young age and developed a real loyalty to the company, not just because it is a family business, but because so many employees were like family to me, especially when I was a child. only once you have done something yourself, that you can truly understand what it takes to get the job done,” he argues. “There are lots of clichés about walking a mile in someone else’s shoes, but I can tell you it is real. “Working my way up through the Guardsman ranks is probably the single largest contributor to any success I have had,” says Benjamin who is also managing director of Marksman, a member of the group. The young Benjamin had to roll up his sleeves and clean dog kennels, as well as work as a security guard in the family business. He had to earn his keep, and on his way to becoming the director of operations for the Guardsman Group, no job could be too menial. Nicholas Kenneth Benjamin might have been born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth, but his iconic father Kenneth, founder of the security company, Guardsman, is not one who believed in handing his son life on a silver platter.
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