‘If the BVI was listed on NASDAQ, I would invest in the BVI’- Mark H. Vanterpool
Mr Vanterpool, who is the brother of Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Trade, and Labour Hon Lorna G. Smith (AL), OBE was at the time speaking at the launch of the new Rock Café by Pussers on Virgin Gorda on December 12, 2023.
The local businessman has purchased the popular Rock Cafe on Virgin Gorda and also announced his investment group will be buying Quitos Luxury Inn and Restaurant in Cane Garden Bay.
“I tell everybody, I got out of politics but if the BVI was listed on the NASDAQ, I would invest in the BVI, because I believe in the British Virgin Islands, that we have a long way to go, but we have a good way to go.
“We have an upward way to go and I'm investing now so when we go up I will cash in. So Premier, you have your work cut out for you and your team, but I believe, I want to encourage people, other investors to believe in the BVI, invest in the BVI and I have no problem with competition.”
Rock Cafe is one of several restaurants in Valley, Virgin Gorda.
'I want the airport fixed'- Vanterpool
Meanwhile, Mr Vanterpool says he envisions more restaurants along the "restaurant strip" in Virgin Gorda. “So I feel good about that because I can't eat at one restaurant every night. I can't come here to the Rock [Cafe] every night,” he said while adding that he likes competition.
“So we want to let you know that we're investing in the BVI because we believe in the BVI and we're going to work to make it work right. Minister of Communications and Works, [Hon Kye M. Rymer] I want the airport fixed, extended,” he said.
Mr Vanterpool, through his investment group, purchased Pusser's British West Indies Limited in 2021.
The businessman also owns a chain of One Mart stores in the Virgin Islands.
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20 Responses to “‘If the BVI was listed on NASDAQ, I would invest in the BVI’- Mark H. Vanterpool”
Ok. If the VI/BVI were on the NASDAQ what stock would investors be buying… was the point to assure investors that the VI is ready for FDI? The VI offers great and safe investment opportunities…..
It is truly admirable of the business focus three local Virgin islanders have had and developed over the years. They were young boys growing up on old Main Street dog what boys do, run, play, sit, chat and more.
They were business oriented and focused from a very young age. This comment seeks to highlight Mr. M. Vanterpool, the now business icon, Mr. Vanterpool, the medical infrastructural development icon and Mr. Skelton.
Those men have evolved as business icons holding a significant range of investments, and offering a range of products and services, now our/ the VI people's icon. We celebrate and uplift them for the giants they have become in our life time., and in the economic pillars of the VIslanders..
None wouldn’t understand the above, unless one was young, hung out on Skelton’s, Fonseca and Round the Well corners, pitched marbles, and fished in the mangroves, long before thoughts of a highway was considered. We who have witnessed this transformation of those individuals for self and country fully applaud and embrace their success.