about hendrik

BIOGRAPHY

A picture of Hendrik Jordaan at the Nelson Mandela Square

HENDRIK JORDAAN

ENTREPENEUR
SOUTH AFRICAN AMERICAN

Hendrik Jordaan is the Co-Founder of 1K Africa, Family Legacy Capital Credit Management, LLC (“FLC Credit Partners”), and Family Legacy Capital Management, LLC (“Family Legacy Capital”). He serves as the President and CEO of 1K Africa and the Chairman of Family Legacy Capital and FLC Credit Partners.

1K Africa is a private equity fund manager that leverages all aspects of Capital of industry-leading families for investments in sub-Saharan Africa. The investment team is based in Denver, Colorado and Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Family Legacy Capital manages, directly or indirectly, private investment funds whose limited partners are comprised of leading family offices. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. For more information, please visit www.familylegacycapital.com.

FLC Credit Partners is the private credit fund manager of Family Legacy Capital. The investment team is based in Denver, Colorado and New York, New York. For more information, please visit www.flccredit.com.

Mr. Jordaan has presented at leading global conferences on private equity, investment, mergers and acquisitions, family wealth and impact investing, and has spoken at venues including the Wharton School, TBLI Zurich, Super Returns Africa, Family Office Exchange, Young Presidents Organization, DC Finance, and the Family Wealth Alliance. He has been featured in some of the world’s top media outlets including the Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNBC Africa, The Wall Street Journal and others.

Mr. Jordaan also founded The South Africa Committee of One Hundred, Inc., a nonprofit corporation formed to support, inter alia, first generation South Africans in the United States and other countries and to promote cultural exchange between the Republic of South Africa and other countries.

Born and raised in the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Jordaan received his J.D. from Southern Methodist University where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of The International Lawyer, one of the world’s most widely circulated legal periodicals at the time. Prior to law school, Mr. Jordaan attended Southern Methodist University on a full tuition scholarship where he captained the varsity tennis team for two years.

About

1k Africa

1K Africa is a private equity fund manager investing in sub-Saharan Africa.

Family Legacy Capital

Family Legacy Capital (“FLC”) is a private investment manager that provides its limited partners, leading families and family offices, with investment opportunities. FLC’s investment strategies are comprised of FLC Credit Partners, a lower middle market private credit fund, and 1K Africa, a sub-Saharan Africa private equity fund.

FLC Credit Partners

FLC Credit Partners​ specializes in lending to stressed, complex or misunderstood businesses, often in out-of-favor industries. Its investor base consists solely of leading family offices, and they are particularly well-positioned to assist family- and entrepreneur-owned businesses. It also selectively invests in secondary credit opportunities.

The South Africa Committee of One Hundred

The South Africa Committee of One Hundred, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation formed to support, inter alia, first generation South Africans in the United States and other countries and to promote cultural exchange between the Republic of South Africa and other countries.

INTERVIEW WITH
DR. DOROTHY KELSO

Hendrik Jordaan, President & CEO at 1K Africa, shares with us his thoughts on the hottest areas of investment, why Africa could be a more opportunistic market than the US, and what challenges investors should be aware of when investing in Africa.