Entrepreneur: Vusi Ravele (29)
Business: Native Décor
Native Décor creates unique and trendy gifts and home décor products, which are sold online.
Fun Facts
- Vusi grew up in Tzaneen and got his first taste for business when he opened his own tuck shop in competition with the school’s official tuck shop…and put it out of business.
- He started a publishing company and released a women’s motoring magazine called Heels and Wheels.
- Vusi studied Industrial Engineering at the University of Johannesburg.
- He opened Native Décor on Valentine’s Day.
In or Out?
In – with R400 000 and a 3-million rand line of credit for 40% equity, from Gil Oved.
For more about Native Décor, check out www.nativedecor.co.za