Name: Jason Petsch?
Age: 38?
Company: GRITIT. We specialise in gritting and snow clearance with local delivery?”
Turnover: ?7.8m?
First job: Working in my father’s warehouse when I was 12 in Durban, SA. The company was a wholesale agricultural business.
Dream job:?Driving a boat on the ocean, somewhere tropical and warm!
Car: Porsche Carrera 911.
Economy, business or first class: Economy.
Most extravagant purchase: My car.
Most played song on iPod: “Insomnia” by Faithless.
Best business book: Blue Ocean Strategy?by W Chan Kim and Renee Mauborhne
Worst business moment: Any time we lose a client.
Proudest business moment: Watch this space!
Business mentor: Simon Lester, chairman of Lester Hotel Management and Daytona Motorsport. He also holds the position of group chairman for the Academy for Chief Executives.
Next big thing: Privatisation.
