ENTREPRENEUR: Ricky Robinson, founder and CEO of LRMG He does not see himself as an entrepreneur, but the business he founded to develop people helps blue-chip firms, and keeps growing 01 July 2021 - 05:00 David Gorin Ricky Robinson, founder and CEO of LRMG. Picture: Supplied
Ricky Robinson has always been inspired to aim for high performance. As a student, he was the first English-speaking South African to run a mile in less than four minutes. At the time he also ran SA’s fastest debut marathon.
Twenty-four years ago he founded LRMG, which stands for Learn, Reflect, Mobilise and Grow. Robinson does not feel he was particularly entrepreneurial by doing it. Three things came together fortuitously: a wish to be involved in the political economy, a love of labour relations, and evidence that management was struggling to implement labour legislation that was advanced for the time.