Welcome to BIG

Black Industrialists Group (BIG) is an empowered private equity fund that invests in industrial businesses as well as industrial property to drive localisation and develop black-owned and managed industrial businesses.

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”

~ Henry Ford

Values, Mission and Vision

VALUES

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” ~ Henry Ford

BIG is guided by the set of values below that inform how we engage with each other, our partners, regulators and other stakeholders

Robust innovation
Service excellence
Value creation
Growing our people
Fairness
Nation building

MISSION

To transform and rejuvenate the industrial sector through majority stake investments in established industrial businesses and industrial properties; and to develop and support black talent to lead these businesses thus creating sustainable and inclusive economic growth, well into the future.

VISION

To be an admired industrial holding company with a reputation for:

driving growth through innovation and operational improvements
developing black talent in the industrial sector
forms enduring and value adding partnerships with its stakeholders

BIG will accelerate growth through BEE ownership and operational efficiency

BIG Investment Thesis

Next generation BEE focuses on localisation and Black owner-managers

At least 26% – 51% black ownership
Black people providing strategic and operational leadership
Black people taking personal risk in the business
Operations in the manufacturing sector
Successful black industrialisation must be supported by:
Operational expertise to drive efficiency
Networks to develop a domestic and export market

BIG will accelerate growth through BEE ownership and operational efficiency

Identify businesses for which BEE ownership is a critical success factor
Structure ownership transactions to maximise BEE ownership points
Optimise and transform the supply chain to drive efficiency
Introduce best practice in operations to drive efficiency and increase margins
Introduce best practice in BEE to drive transformation, attract and retain scarce black talent

BIG will exploit synergies in its portfolio companies to further drive growth

BIG’s investment thesis will enable BIG to build a portfolio of companies operating in different industrial sectors
BIG will drive growth through operational efficiency, optimising supply chains and transformation
Where applicable, BIG portfolio companies will have the opportunity to export through networks of the founding shareholders
BIG will develop black talent to create a succession pipeline of black owner-managers

The BIG investment strategy is aligned to the country growth strategy, i.e. industrialisation and increasing employment, which will generate additional value uplift as the economy improves.