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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