Company type | Public company |
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JSE: LBH | |
Industry | Insurance, Asset management |
Founded | 10 September 1957Johannesburg, South Africa | in
Founder | Sir Donald Gordon |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Yuresh Maharaj (Group Chief Executive), appointed 2022 |
Website | www |
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. [1] [2] [3]
Liberty has operations in South Africa, Kenya, Namibia and other in 16 African countries. [4] [5] [6] [7] South African banking firm Standard Bank Group owns 100% of the Liberty Group. [8] [9] [10]
The company was founded in South Africa as the Liberty Life Association of Africa Ltd in 1957, by entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Donald Gordon. [11] [9] [1]
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