ANALYSE THIS: DLA Piper’s Johannes Gouws
We analyse country managing partner at DLA Piper SA Johannes Gouws
If someone came to you tomorrow with R100m to invest in just one company, which would it be? The company whose management I trust the most. Which talent would you most like to have? Patience. What was your first job? I worked as a labourer at a factory in Vereeniging. If you could fix one thing in SA today, what would it be? Education. If you could turn back time, what would you change in your life? I’d believe more in myself and take more risks. What’s the best investment you’ve ever made? Probably a Lionel Smit painting that I bought before he became really well known. If you found a lottery ticket tomorrow that had won $100m, what would you do with it? I would invest it and go on with my life as usual, but with the luxury of knowing that I could quit any time if I wanted to. What’s your favourite song? Probably Radio Ga Ga by Queen because their album The Works was the first one I ever owned. What is your most treasured possession? A hunting rifle that I inherited from my father....
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