Jamaica

"The country was also better connected to the rest of the world. “There is not a politician, regardless of party, who would not agree that Columbus coming to Jamaica was a massive nation-building exercise,” Paddick said. Lee-Chin, who prides himself on being a nation builder in his native Jamaica, pointed to the subsequent rise of the information and communication technology industry there, and the creation of thousands of call-centre jobs. “That [was] enabled by Columbus because we brought competition and dropped the price so that it became economically feasible to start a call centre in Jamaica and the Caribbean,” he said. “When I saw that and I saw the impact it had on so many people’s lives, I thought, ‘Whoa! Can you imagine if this was done twenty years ago—how much more development there would be in Jamaica?’”"

"The 1960s were a period of consolidation as well as expansion of Rupert’s tobacco and cigarette interests. The takeover of Carreras and Rothmans led to expansion in other parts of the world. Using Rothmans as his flagship, he created a stir with his philosophy of industrial partnership in various countries where he embarked on new initiatives. Partnership companies were established on a bilateral basis in Australia and New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Canada, Jamaica, Northern and Southern Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe) and Nyassaland (now Malawi) − eventually even beyond the Iron Curtain in Russia and China."