Sivi Gounden
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
Article Enquiry
Email Article
Save Article
Feedback
To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation















