Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CFR
Founder and Chairman, Heirs Holdings
Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CFR is an African investor and philanthropist. He is the Founder and Chairman of Heirs Holdings. He is the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group and chairs Nigeria’s largest quoted conglomerate, Transcorp Group.
In 2010, he created The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading philanthropy empowering a new generation of African entrepreneurs across all 54 African countries. In 2020, TIME magazine named Tony as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, in 2022 TIME recognised him with its inaugural TIME100 Impact list.