Niall J. Mellon (born 1967) is an Irish entrepreneur, charity Chief Executive and property developer who founded the Niall Mellon Township Trust to provide homes to impoverished communities in South Africa's townships.
After finishing school, Mellon joined his father's personalised investment brokerage.
[1] At age 24, he set up his own mortgage company, and subsequently grew his property and financial services interests through the Niall J. Mellon Group.
While on a visit to South Africa, he was moved by the poverty of some township communities near Cape Town,[4] and subsequently formed the house building charity, the "Niall Mellon Township Trust", primarily with his own funds.
In 2013 Mellon Educate was established with the goal of building and refurbishing schools in South Africa and Kenya.