Jannie Mouton

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Jannie Mouton
Born1946 (age 7778) [1]
Carnarvon, South Africa
Education Stellenbosch University
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder and chairman, PSG Group
Co-founder, Capitec Bank
Spouse(s)Dana Mouton (died 2004)
Deidré Mouton
Children3
Websitewww.psggroup.co.za

Johannes "Jannie" Mouton (born 1946) is a South African billionaire businessman, the founder and chairman of PSG Group. [2]

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Early life

Mouton was born in Carnarvon in 1946, and grew up there. [1] He has a bachelor's degree from Stellenbosch University. [3] [1]

Career

Mouton started his career aged 22 as an articled clerk at PwC. [4] He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1973. [2] In 1995, Mouton was fired as managing partner by stockbrokers Senekal, Mouton & Kitshoff, a firm he co-founded. He later founded PSG Group. [5] [6]

Personal life

His first wife, Dana Mouton died in 2004. [7] [1] His second wife is Deidré. [8] Mouton has two sons, Jan and Piet, and a daughter, Charité. [7] He lives in Stellenbosch, South Africa. [6] His son Piet is the CEO of PSG Group. [5] [6] His eldest son Jan manages the PSG Flexible Fund and is a non-executive director of PSG. [7] Mouton's longstanding friendship with the lately controversial businessman Markus Jooste is advertised on the Sauvignon Blanc 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. [9]

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