Full Name: Gregory Michael Boulle
Position: CEO of Bravo Group
Main Activity of the Company: Bravo Group is the largest manufacturer of lounge furniture and sleep products in South Africa
Date and Place of Birth: Durban, February 14, 1956
Education: BCom, diploma in accountancy, diploma in taxation, CA (SA)
First Job: Articled clerk
Career History Prior to Current Position: Partner in audit firm Blake, Burgess & Boulle; finance executive at Techniboard; finance executive of divisions of Afcol; divisional CFO of the furniture manufacturing division of Steinhoff Africa; CFO of Bravo Group; and CEO Bravo Group
Size of First Pay Packet: R100 a month
First Job with Present Group: Divisional finance executive
Value of Assets under Your Control: R2-billion
Number of People under Your Leadership: 4 000
Management Style: Open-door policy, leading by example
Personal Best Achievement: Completing seven Comrades marathons
Professional Best Achievement: Qualifying as a chartered accountant
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My father
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My father
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Robin Sharma
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Johan Roodt (corporate attorney)
Philosophy of Life: Never take anything for granted
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Leading the largest furniture manufacturing company in Africa
Hope for the Future: That South Africans pull together to lift the local economy
Favourite Reading: Legacy – What the All Blacks can teach us about the business of life, by James Kerr
Favourite TV Programme: SuperSport
Favourite Food/Drink: Steak/beer
Favourite Music: Anything from the 1980s
Favourite Sport: Rugby
Favourite Website: Moneyweb and Engineering News
Hobbies: Reading
Car: Toyota FJ Cruiser
Pets: Two small dogs
Favourite Other South African Company: Steinhoff
Favourite Foreign Company: Leggett & Platt
Married: To Cheryl, since March 6, 1999
Children: Sarah, 33; Kate, 31; Micaela, 15; Joshua, 13
Clubs: Not stated