Samuel G. Hopkins formed Hopkins & Company in 1984. Hopkins & Company has handled at least $1 billion worth of transactions every year since. Mr. Hopkins advised the to the Philadelphia City and Pennsylvania state public officials who brought Philadelphia’s 1990 financial crisis to a head. He was then appointed financial advisor to the $450 million Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority bailout borrowing that primed the pump so Mayor Ed Rendell could turn the City around.
       He has worked on railroads, ports, airports, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, municipally owned gas and water utilities, general obligation bonds and notes, pension obligation bonds, and bonds for various state agencies.