Niall Mellon was born in 1967 is an Irish entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Niall Mellon Township Trust to provide homes to impoverished communities in South Africa's townships.
Mellon grew up in Ballyroan in South County Dublin. After finishing school, Mellon joined his father's personalised investment brokerage. At 24, he set up his own mortgage company, and subsequently grew his property and financial services interests through t...
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Niall Mellon was born in 1967 is an Irish entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Niall Mellon Township Trust to provide homes to impoverished communities in South Africa's townships.
Mellon grew up in Ballyroan in South County Dublin. After finishing school, Mellon joined his father's personalised investment brokerage. At 24, he set up his own mortgage company, and subsequently grew his property and financial services interests through the "Niall J Mellon Group" and "Mellon Financial Services".
In 2002, at the age of 35, Mellon began to spend most of his time working to help the poor. While on a visit to South Africa, he was moved by the poverty of some township communities near Cape Town, and subsequently formed the building charity, the "Niall Mellon Township Trust" - primarily with his own funds.
This charity grew in a few years to become the largest supplier of subsidised housing in South Africa. In 2007 over 5,000 homes were built by the charity. In November 2008 over...
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