Full Name: Richard Llewellyn Floyd

Position: Deputy chairperson of Blyvoor Gold

Main Activity of the Company: Gold mining

Date and Place of Birth: April 5, 1985, Cape Town

Education: Business science, University of Cape Town (UCT); law, UCT

First Job: Mining attorney

Size of First Pay Packet: R12 000 a month

Career Path to Date: East Daggafontein mixed-use property development; director of Galaxy Gold; cofounder of Blyvoor Gold

Value of Assets under Your Control: R4-billion

Number of People under Your Leadership: 800

Management Style: Results-based management style; efficiency is critical

Personal Best Achievement: Securing R1-billion in funding for the Blyvoor gold mine in 2018

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My wife – she recklessly backed all our wayward pursuits

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Peter Skeat, my business partner and friend

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Ivan Glasenberg

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Ernest Oppenheimer

Philosophy of Life: You reap what you sow

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Buying, recapitalising, running and growing the Blyvoor gold mine

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Being repeatedly beaten by my wife at every successive Cape Town Cycle Tour, until we bought a tandem

Hope for the Future: That the South African mining community comes together in a spirit of brotherhood and teamwork

Favourite Reading: Aircraft operator and maintenance manuals and mining companies’ annual reports

Favourite TV Programme: How It’s Made

Favourite Food/Drink: Cappuccino and chocolate bar at flight level two niner zero

Favourite Music: Kygo

Favourite Sport: Triathlon

Hobbies: Flying aircraft, including helicopters, with my family and friends, cycling, sailing and diving

Car: Audi Q, 1968 Mini Cooper, 1971 Land Rover

Pets: Several endurance racing horses

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Inefficiency, dishonesty, politics

Married: To Tamarin Angelo Floyd

Children: William Stirling Floyd, aged five months

Clubs: Deputy chairperson: Brakpan Aero Club, Cape Town Flying Club, Garden Route Gliding Club