Public limited company | |
Traded as |
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Industry | Finance |
Genre | Banking |
Founded | May 1990 |
Founder | Jim Ovia |
Headquarters | Zenith Heights, Plot 84, Ajose Adeogun street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria |
Area served
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Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, UK |
Key people
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Jim Ovia, Chairman Peter Amangbo, CEO |
Services | Banking |
Revenue | Aftertax: ₦:105,531,000,000 (2015) |
Total assets | ₦:4,006,842,000,000 (2015) |
Subsidiaries | Zenith Insurance, Zenith Pension Custodian, Zenith Securities, Zenith Bank Ghana, Zenith Bank UK, Zenith Trust Company, CyberSpace Networks |
Website | www |
Zenith Bank is a Nigerian multinational financial services provider. It is licensed as a commercial bank, by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the central bank and national banking regulator.
Zenith Bank is a large financial service provider in Nigeria and Anglophone West Africa. As at 31 December 2015, its total assets were ₦:4,006,842 miliion with shareholders' equity of ₦:594,353 million The shares of of the company are listed on the and the .
The bank was established in May 1990 and commenced banking operations in July of the same year. On 17 June 2004, following a successful IPO, the bank became a public limited company. On 21 October 2004 its shares of stock were listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE). The bank's shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) following a listing of the $850 million worth of its shares at $6.80 each, in 2013.
Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, Zenith Bank Plc has more than 500 branches and business offices in all states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Zenith Bank maintains subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The Bank also has representative offices in South Africa and China.
Coordinates: 06°25′51″N 03°26′09″E / 6.43083°N 3.43583°E