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Sivi Gounden

1st November 2013

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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Full Name: Sivandran Munsami Gounden

Position: Chairperson of HolGoun Investment Holdings

Main Activity of the Company: Mining

Date and Place of Birth: August, 2, 1959, Marianhill, KwaZulu-Natal

Education: BEng (civil), 1982, University of Durban Westville; PhD (engineering), 2001, University of Natal

First Job: Structural engineer, 1983, Owen Jones & Partners

Size of First Pay Packet: R365 a month

Value of Assets under Your Control: Market capitalisation in excess of R1-billion

Number of People under Your Leadership: About 600

Management Style: Leading from the front

Personal Best Achievement: Not forgetting my humble beginnings

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My mother and my wife

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Too many to mention

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Karl Marx and Albert Einstein (if they were still alive)

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Steve Jobs

Philosophy of Life: Fortune favours the brave

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Living through South Africa’s transition to democracy

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Patellectomy (removal of patella) at age 19 after a soccer injury

Hope for the Future: Educating our youth to enable them to secure meaningful employment

Favourite Reading: The Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell

Favourite TV Programme: The Fixer (political drama)

Favourite Food/Drink: Japanese fusion/a good bottle of red wine

Favourite Music: Contemporary jazz and blues; more recently, classical

Favourite Sport: Canoeing – I have completed 19 Dusi Canoe Marathons

Hobbies: Reading, mountain biking and swimming

Car: Porsche Cayenne

Pets: Boxer, Goliath The Third

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Dishonesty and tardiness

Married: To Vanessa

Children: Lee, 23; Caelyn, 20

Clubs: The Arts Club London, Centurion Canoe Club and Pretoria Country Club

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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