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Sam Furphy - Director and Chief Executive Officer

Shepparton born and bred,
Sam is part of the legendary Victorian Furphy
family, renowned for beginning one of Australia’s
oldest companies and producing the famous Furphy
Water Cart.
As a fifth generation Furphy, Sam joined the 135
year old family business in 1993. Furphy’s Foundry
is well regarded for manufacturing and supplying a
robust range of street and park furniture to local
and state government organisations and developers
throughout Australia. It was during this time that
Sam saw the opportunity to venture out on his own
and build a new Furphy Legacy.
In September 1995, funded by $7,000 savings and
using the kitchen table for an office, Sam founded
Urban Maintenance System’s (UMS). The new business
took Furphy’s Foundry one step further; not only
selling street and park furniture but also
installing and maintaining it.
Sam prides himself on creating a positive and
productive work environment for his staff, which he
treats more like family than employees. Sam’s
approachable nature and down to earth attitude helps
make him a positive and dynamic leader which has
certainly contributed to the overwhelming success of
the company.
His recent nomination for Ernst & Young’s
Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the under 35
category is further proof that Sam is both a
visionary leader and savvy businessman.
Despite Sam’s professional success he maintains a
good balance between work and play. Being a country
boy at heart, when he is not maintaining our cities
and buildings he enjoys family holidays in the
Aussie outback with his wife and three sons.
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