| 词条 | Niall Mellon |
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| name = Niall Mellon | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1967}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Irish | other_names = | occupation = Entrepreneur, philanthropist | known_for = Charity work (Niall Mellon Township Trust) | website = https://www.melloneducate.com/ }} 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. Early life and careerMellon grew up in Ballyroan, County Dublin. 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. He carried out several highly successful development projects in Great Britain and in Ireland and acquired numerous properties through his primary investment and syndicate vehicle Earthquake Property Partners.[2] He was affected by the post-2008 Irish banking crisis, losing the bulk of his wealth.[3] PhilanthropyIn 2002, aged 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,[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.[5] As of March 2014 the charity had built about 22,000 houses for 120,000 South Africans.[6] Personal lifeMellon pleaded guilty to charges of public drunkenness and breach of the peace in July 2013. He was convicted in January 2014 and forbidden from breaching the peace for a period of 12 months. He was previously convicted for breach of the peace in 2005.[7][8] Honours and AwardsIn 2005, Mellon was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Dublin Institute of Technology[9] and in 2008, an honorary doctorate in law from University College Cork.[10] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/noses-out-of-joint-as-83645m-goes-to-niall-1269717.html|title=noses out of joint as €5m goes to Niall|work=Independent.ie|accessdate=25 March 2016}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mellon, Niall}}2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/business/earthquake-planning-276m-uk-shakeup-26028191.html|work=Irish Independent|title=Earthquake planning £276m UK shake-up|date=24 November 2012}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/i-went-to-bed-a-hero-and-woke-up-a-villain-1.553319|title='I went to bed a hero and woke up a villain'|work=The Irish Times|access-date=21 July 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0218/mellonn.html|title=Ten questions for... Niall Mellon|date=18 February 2008|work=RTÉ.ie|accessdate=25 March 2016}} 5. ^Niall Mellon turns from houses to schools after crash, The Irish Times, 18 November 2015 6. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/new-niall-mellon-project-building-classrooms-in-south-africa-1.1732643|title=New Niall Mellon project building classrooms in South Africa|last=|first=|date=21 March 2014|work=|access-date=|via=The Irish Times}} 7. ^{{cite news|author=RTÉ|author-link=RTÉ|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0106/496266-niall-mellon/|title=Niall Mellon guilty of breach of the peace|date=6 January 2014|accessdate=11 January 2014|work=RTÉ|publisher=RTÉ}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=Niall Mellon admits to public drunkenness and breaching the peace|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/niall-mellon-admits-to-public-drunkenness-and-breaching-the-peace-1.1646219|publisher=The Irish Times|date=2014-01-06}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://update.dit.ie:80/05-12-05/02news-briefs14.html|title=Conferring of honorary Dooctorate honoris causa on Niaell Mellon - businessman and philanthropist|last=|first=|date=2005-12-05|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311071621/http://update.dit.ie:80/05-12-05/02news-briefs14.html|archive-date=2001-03-11|dead-url=|access-date=}} 10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/medicineandhealth/images/Newsletter6-July2008.pdf|title=Medical Alumni|last=Fennell|first=Will|date=2008|work=|access-date=2018-07-21|page=2}} 10 : 1967 births|20th-century Irish people|21st-century Irish people|Living people|Businesspeople from County Dublin|Ireland–South Africa relations|Irish humanitarians|Irish philanthropists|People of the Year Awards winners|Date of birth missing (living people) |
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