Johannes "Jannie" Mouton (born 1946) is a South African

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businessman, the founder and chairman of PSG Group.

Early life

Mouton was born in Carnarvon in 1946, and grew up there. He has a bachelor's degree from

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Career

Mouton started his career aged 22 as an

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. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1973. In 1995, Mouton was fired as

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by stockbrokers Senekal, Mouton & Kitshoff, a firm he co-founded. He later founded PSG Group.

Personal life

His first wife, Dana Mouton died in 2004. His second wife is Deidré. Mouton has two sons, Jan and Piet, and a daughter, Charité. He lives in

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, South Africa. His son Piet is the CEO of PSG Group. His eldest son Jan manages the PSG Flexible Fund and is a non-executive director of PSG. Mouton's longstanding friendship with the lately controversial businessman

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is advertised on the

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wine that they produced together. Jooste facilitated Steinhoff's 20% investment in PSG which assisted Mouton in warding off a hostile bid from ABSA bank.

Works

*''And then they fired me'' (autobiography)

References

1946 births Living people Stellenbosch University alumni South African billionaires South African businesspeople {{South-Africa-bio-stub