Robert J Guidry Investments
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His responsibilities, during the 14 day long shifts at sea comprised being oiler, a deckhand, and cook. After high school, in 1963, he went to work full time helping to run the tugboat business; something he'd do for the next 45 years of the family.
Robert J. GuidryIn a classic story of American bootstrapping entrepreneurial success, Bobby Guidry began earning $300 a month from the tugboat business. With his monthly rent at $90.00, car note at $50.00, and a wife and kid at home, his finances were exceptionally tight. But Bobby his brother maintained and built the family business within the decades to become the clear industry leader using a fleet of offshore vessels and unmatched in quality and power.
In sharing what he was most proud of seeing the years at Harvey Gulf International Marine, Bobby said, "it's actually two associated accomplishments, first we avoided having any significant debt on the business, which in turn allowed us consistently to be lucrative from 1963 to 2008."
In case the gain record was ever in jeopardy given all of the good and the bad of the oil business his answer shocks most when asked. "No, actually, we were lucrative each month; that is 490 consecutive months of profitability in the oil field business; not a lot of companies can match us on that one."
Using an excellent awareness of time that had always marked his career, Mr. Guidry, and his family sold Harvey Gulf International Marine to a New York private equity fund in August of 2008 only weeks before the monetary crisis gripped the country.
When asked concerning the keys to his success in business his answer streams fast, "I worked harder than my adversaries. He went on to express that "without my brother and my loyal employees, the businesses would have not attained the success we loved."
While Robert Guidry might be best known for Harvey Gulf International Marine, he has enjoyed tremendous success as a businessman crossing multiple industries that include Real Estate Development, Maritime, Hospitality, Gaming, and Lodging.
