March 08, 2021

Jamaica's First Black Millionaire

10 minutes

George Stiebel didn't have an easy life being half-Jewish and mixed race but he fought and won an uphill battle to make a comfortable life for his family by trying everything and never giving up. Follow George as he became a school dropout, carpenter, trader of legal and illegal goods, prisoner and stranded in South America before making big bucks. All while this went on, his heart was with his family who would bring him great joy and great tragedy. George would live on in Jamaica's heart forever as the builder of Devon House, a national treasure.

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Devon House Families. Enid Shields.