Peter de Savary is a well-known international entrepreneur who, since the age of 16, has applied his enterprising skills to many areas, including the petroleum industry, shipping, shipyards, property, and the club and hospitality industry, among others. He founded the worldwide St. James’s Clubs (London, Paris, Los Angeles, New York and Antigua, West Indies); the Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle, Scotland; and Stapleford Park, England. He also founded the clubs at Cherokee Plantation, South Carolina; Carnegie Abbey, Newport, Rhode Island; and the Abaco Club, Winding Bay, Bahamas. An experienced sailor, he participated in the Admiral’s Cup in 1981 and represented Great Britain for the America’s Cup in 1983. He is a keen horseman and, having built seven championship golf courses, hopes to find time to take up the game in the future.

Hometown: Port Louis, St. George’s, Grenada
Age: Sixty-three-and-a-half years
Profession: Entrepreneur
First boat: Imp, a 10-foot Cadet sailing boat, when I was 11 years old
Current yacht: M/Y Savvy, a 130-foot C&N classic motor yacht
Most memorable boating moment: As British Challenger to the America’s Cup in 1983
Greatest professional achievement: Building seven well-known championship golf courses in four countries without ever swinging a club! If you put your mind to something, you can do anything.
If you had another pass at a career, what would you be? A landscape architect
Closest boating buddy: My late, great friend and fellow yachtsman, Kit Hobday
Weekday wake-up time: 5:30 a.m.
Hobbies: Horse riding and walking my Chihuahua, Louis
Last book read: "Passage in the West Indies, 1825"
Favorite music to dance to: Bob Marley
Proudest moment and why: The births of my five daughters—obvious!
First job: Gardener in Toronto, Canada
Best job: Working for myself. It stands to reason; no one else would employ me!
Favorite movie: "Pretty Woman" (rags to riches)
Preferred wheels: Aston Martin Vanquish S
Preferred wings: (Cessna) Citation X, the fastest civilian airplane
Do you ever take the controls? Absolutely NOT!
Favorite watch brand and model: Breguet, any
Favorite clothing designer: Tommy Bahama for my days in Grenada
Favorite cruising ground: The Grenadines—ultimately beautiful and pure peace, white sands and turquoise waters
Favorite sport: Sailing
What position on the boat do you prefer and why? Skipper—to be the boss!Favorite port: Port Louis, Grenada
Latest impulse purchase: To my surprise, my long-haired Chihuahua, Louis