We analyse Gary Booysen, portfolio manager at Rand Swiss. If someone came to you tomorrow with R100m to invest in just one company, which would it be? Rand Swiss, if I could choose private equity, PSG if I were investing on the local exchange, and most likely Amazon if I had an international universe. Which talent would you most like to have? Talent is a loaded word. Most hard work is mistaken for talent. If we’re talking typical, "talent show" talent, I’d love to be able to sing. Unfortunately, no matter how much "hard work" I put in, I suspect I will always sound like a bag of cats, peeling paint off the walls. What was your first job? I suppose the title for the first time I earned money independently would be "travelling painter"; for the first time I had a boss, a single, very frustrating day of "stock take". What’s your biggest regret? Mistakes shape a person, so it’s difficult to regret the idiocy that helped get me through my formative years. Still, I do wish I’d worked hard...
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