Heirs Holdings

Heirs Holdings

Company type	Private
Industry	Financial services, Power, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Hospitality, Healthcare and Insurance
Founded	August 1, 2010;14 years ago (2010-08-01)
Founders	Tony Elumelu
Headquarters	Ikoyi, Lagos , Nigeria
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Tony Elumelu Chairman Emmanuel Nnorom Group CEO
Website	heirsholdings.com
Footnotes /references [1]

Heirs Holdings is a family-owned investment holding company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria with investment interests in various sectors in Africa. ^[2]

History

Heirs Holdings was founded in 2010 by Tony Elumelu, CFR after his retirement in 2010 from the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, where he had served as Group Managing Director. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2011, Heirs Holdings made its first investment by acquiring a controlling stake in Transcorp, Nigeria's largest listed conglomerate. ^{[5] [6]}

In 2012, Heirs Holdings made further investments in the real estate and financial sectors. Afriland Properties Plc, a property management, investment, and development company; United Capital Plc, a financial and investment services group; and Africa Prudential Registrar Plc, a share registration service provider. ^[7]

In 2013, Heirs Holdings committed US$2.5bn, as the single largest private sector investor in President Barack Obama Power Africa Initiative with the ambition to add 30,000MW of new electricity generation capacity, to increase electricity access by at least 60 million new connections in Sub-Saharan Africa. ^{[8] [9]}

In 2020, Heirs Holdings successfully acquired OML17 from Shell, Total and Eni in what's termed the largest oil and gas transaction in Africa for the year 2020. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Investments overview

Heirs Holdings' Investments are organised into six verticals: Financial Services, Power, Energy, Real Estate and Hospitality, Healthcare and Technology. ^[13]

Financial Services

Heirs Holdings’ interests and investment in financial services cuts across banking, insurance, investment banking, asset management and capital market registration. ^{[14] [15]}

• United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) – A Nigerian pan-African financial services group headquartered in Lagos with subsidiaries in 20 African countries and offices in London, Paris, Dubai, and New York.
• United Capital Plc – Financial and investment services group
• Africa Prudential Registrars – A Nigerian Capital Market Registration Company
• Heirs Insurance Brokers Limited (HIB) – insurance broking and risk management firm.
• Heirs Insurance Group – A digital-first insurance group comprising Heirs General Insurance, Heirs Life Assurance and Heirs Insurance Brokers.

Real estate and hospitality

Investment in property development and facility management services.

• Afriland Properties Plc – Property management development company working across the real estate value chain.
• Transcorp Hotels Plc – Nigerian based hospitality firm and owner of the iconic Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

Power, oil and gas

Investment in power, oil and gas sectors are as follows.

• Transnational Corporation of Nigeria – diversified conglomerate with business interests are in Power and Energy.
• Transcorp Power and Transafam Power – power generating companies in Nigeria in electricity generated and wheeled unto the national grid. Following power sector reforms in Nigeria and privatization of national power assets, Transcorp Plc won the bid for a distressed power generating company, Ughelli Power Plc – operator of Ughelli Power Plant in 2012 and the Afam Power Plant in 2020. ^{[16] [17]}

These investments are part of Heirs Holdings’ commitment to USAID's Power Africa initiative. ^[18]

• Tenoil Petroleum & Energy Services (TENOIL) – An indigenous operator of OPL 2008, a 40 km² block which holds gas reserves and operates under a Production Sharing Contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. ^[19]
• Heirs Energies (Formerly Heirs Oil & Gas) ^[20] – An integrated energy company led by Osa Igiehon. In January 2021, Heirs Holdings announced its acquisition of 45% operating stake in a permit known as Oil Mining Lease 17 from Shell, Total and ENI in a deal worth more than $1 billion. ^[11]

Healthcare

Investment in health facilities, equipment, and services. ^[21]

• Avon HMO – A Health maintenance organisation (HMO) licensed by Nigeria's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to operate as a national HMO in October 2012
• Avon Medical Practice – A private healthcare provider based in Lagos, Nigeria. Avon Medical Practice operates hospitals, on-site clinics and a state-of-the-earth dialysis centre.

Leadership

Board of directors

As of March 1, 2025: ^[22]

• Tony Elumelu (chairman)
• Emmanuel Nnorom (CEO)
• Dr. Awele Elumelu (Non-Executive Director)
• Alex Trotter (Independent Non-Executive Director)
• Victor Osadolor (Non-Executive Director)
• Chiugo Ndubisi (Executive director)
• Chidi Okpla (Executive director)

References

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16. "Only two of six privatised power plants delivered on targets – BPE". Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
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19. "Nigeria: Tony Elumelu gets deeper into oil sector with OML 17". Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
20. Akintayi, OpeOluwani (October 19, 2023). "Heirs Holdings Oil & Gas becomes Heirs Energies". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
21. "Avon Medical launches new dialysis centre". Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
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External links

• Official website