Liberty Holdings Limited

Liberty Holdings Limited

Company type	Public
Traded as	JSE: LBH
Industry	Insurance, Asset management
Founded	September 10, 1957;68 years ago (1957-09-10), in Johannesburg, South Africa
Founder	Sir Donald Gordon
Headquarters	Johannesburg , South Africa
Key people	Yuresh Maharaj (CEO)
Revenue	R  6.98 billion [1]  (2024)
Net income	R  6.02 billion [1]  (2024)
Total assets	R  12.25 billion [1]  (2024)
Total equity	R  11.57 billion [1]  (2024)
Website	www.libertyholdings.co.za

Liberty Life on a building in Sandton, South Africa

Liberty Holdings Limited is a South African financial services and property holding company that focuses on Insurance and Asset Management with registered head office in Johannesburg, South Africa at Liberty Centre, 1 Ameshoff St., Braamfontein. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Liberty has operations in South Africa, Kenya, Namibia and other in 16 African countries. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} South African banking firm Standard Bank Group owns 100% of the Liberty Group. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

History

The company was founded in South Africa as the Liberty Life Association of Africa Ltd in 1957, by entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Donald Gordon. ^{[12] [10] [2]}

See also

• Old Mutual
• Standard Bank

References

1. "Liberty Holdings Limited Company Annual Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 18 September 2025.
2. "Liberty Holdings Ltd - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
3. Fisher-French, Maya. "Covid: Life insurers pay out more in claims". Citypress. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
4. Moodley, Neesa (26 May 2022). "CLIENT COMPENSATION: Covid deaths cast a long shadow over Liberty's 2021 insurance claims". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
5. "Integrated Report | Investor Relations | Liberty Holdings Limited". www.libertyholdings.co.za. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
6. "Court rules in favour of insurer Liberty in row with rival". ewn.co.za. Reuters. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
7. "Liberty customers have not suffered financial losses due to cyber-attack: CEO". ewn.co.za. Reuters. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
8. Jooste, Ruan (22 November 2019). "Business Maverick: A legend of liberty lays down his sword". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
9. "LIBERTY HOLDINGS LTD".
10. "About Us | Liberty Holdings Limited". www.libertyholdings.co.za. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
11. "Overview". South Africa. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
12. "Liberty Holdings Limited Company Profile - South Africa | Financials & Key Executives | EMIS". www.emis.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.