{"id":854607,"date":"2026-03-23T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=854607"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:09:20","slug":"south-african-billionaires-stepchild-shooting-the-lights-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/854607\/south-african-billionaires-stepchild-shooting-the-lights-out\/","title":{"rendered":"South African billionaire&#8217;s stepchild shooting the lights out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PSG Financial Services, whose history is tied to the Jannie Mouton-founded PSG Group, is expecting a large rise in earnings for the 2026 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Willem Theron&nbsp;and Wallie Krumm founded PSG Financial Services, formerly PSG Konsult, in 1998, which has roots in the PSG Group founded by Mouton three years prior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mouton is one of South Africa&#8217;s richest people, with a net worth of around $2.2 billion, according to Forbes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PSG Group has backed several major businesses in South Africa, including JSE-listed Capitec, Curro and KAP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, the PSG Group restructured its holdings in several companies, which include unbundling its shares in PSG Financial Services, Curro, KAL Group and Stadio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While PSG Financial Services was unbundled, the Mouton family still held a 13% stake in the company via their trust by the end of the 2025 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This stake was reduced over the last couple of months as the family decided to acquire and delist Curro in a deal worth around R7.2 billion, with PSG Financial Services shares included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family remains shareholders in the group, with Jannie&#8217;s son, Piet, serving on its board as an independent non-executive director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although PSG Financial Services has a market cap of around R32 billion, Mouton&#8217;s interest in Capitec, given its size, and Curro, given the recent deal, means that PSG Financial Services often escapes the limelight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes despite the JSE-listed financial services company often seeing strong growth across its businesses, which is the case for the 2026 financial year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a trading statement for the year ended 28 February 2026, the group said it expects its attributable earnings per share to increase by between 36% and 39%, to a range of 137.8 to 140.9 cents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group&#8217;s headline earnings per share are also expected to increase by between 32% to 35% to a range of 133.5 to 136.5 cents per share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group will release its financial results for the 2026 financial year on 16 April 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>Earnings Metric<\/strong> <strong>(cents)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Base: Reported 28 Feb 2025<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Expected Range: 28 Feb 2026<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Expected Growth %<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Headline &amp; Recurring Headline<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">101.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>133.5 to 136.5<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">32% to 35%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Recurring Headline (Excl. Amortisation)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">107.1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>139.7 to 142.9<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30% to 33%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Recurring Headline (Excl. Perf. Fees)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">97.3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>121.0 to 124.0<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">24% to 27%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Attributable Earnings<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">101.2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>137.8 to 140.9<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">36% to 39%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSG Financial Services is expecting a large rise in earnings for the 2026 financial year, which is a boost for the Mouton family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":818732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-854607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854607"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854638,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854607\/revisions\/854638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}