Master Ziggy (South African entrepreneur, and philanthropist) Founder of Ziggy's Foundation and executive chairman of Umeh Group Limited, with a diverse interests in media production, publishing, consulting, investment, and broadcasting.
Country of birth: South Africa
City : Mpumalanga
Date of birth: 24 November 1985
Residence : Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality: South Africa
Citizenship: South Africa, Nigeria
Occupation: Chairman, Umeh Group Limited, SA DJ Mag , Umeh Capital, Ziggys Entertainment & PlusSize Magazine
Notable work: Ziggys Foundation
Networth $26.2 million
Parents: John Umeh father , Suzan Ndhlovu mother
Early years edit
Born Ziggy Xolane Kenechi Ndhlovu to a Nigerian father and a South African mother. Batter known as Master Ziggy or Big Boss, is a former gangster, radio/club DJ and a serial entrepreneur. Growing up in the dusty streets of Burgersfort, a town in Mpumalanga province of South Africa, considered by many to be under Limpopo provinces as a result of the indigenous pedi speaking people that populated the the town. Ziggy spent most of his formative years in an European boarding school during when his dad was transferred to South-western Germany on a diplomatic assignment and subsequently returned to South Africa in 2000.
Career edit
The alchemy success story of Master Ziggy is quite an inspirational one, having reformed from a background riddled with crime into building a multi million rand empire being currently chaired by him. Just like his billionaire role models Tony Elumelu and Richard Branson, he is the executive chairman of Umeh Group Limited, with interests in media production, publishing, consulting, investment, and broadcasting. He also non executive chairman of several independent companies such as Umeh Capital Limited with a hundred million rand market capitalization, Umeh Motors, Umeh Property, SA Security Division among others.
The group has been at the forefront of the South African media industry for nearly a decade with significant stakes in some of the well respected media power houses in Africa, including Afrika On the Move Magazine, PlusSize Magazine, Take Me Out Africa, Ziggys Entertainment Group, SA DJ Mag, DJ Mag Africa, and SA DJ Mag Radio.
Umeh Capital Limited heavily capitalized with equity in JSE, and NYSE as well as Cryptocurrency was in 2017 forecasted by analysts to surpass the billion rand mark in the next 5 years. Analysts predicted that the fund's current robust growth that stood at 40% per annum, which in modest forecasts should make the former crime boss his first billion rand should the portfolio's current performance pace remains sustainable.
Philanthropy edit
Ziggy's Foundation have pledged to deliver 100 000 sanitary pads to schools in ruler area yearly over the next 10 years. The foundation also focused heavily in fighting poverty and has designed entrepreneurship program that mentor and fund our aspiring youth.
Personal Life edit
Ziggy had spent time in sum of South African most notorious prisons where he became one of most feared men in 28s and was rumored to having architected the 2013 foild assassination of a magistrate presiding over a case of drug war that left 7 people dead in Benoni , South Africa.
Music Career edit
Master Ziggy DJ was one of the most skilled disk jockey, having toured most of major cities in South Africa playing alongside industry's heavy weights to multitude of audience and had his music rotated in almost every radio and tv channels in South Africa and beyond
He is a lover of kids, a penchant that led to adoption of two kids, from disadvantaged background.