Ohlthaver & List

Ohlthaver & List Group (short O&L or Ohlthaver & List) is the largest private Namibian company group. It has its headquarters in Windhoek central business district.

The company was founded in 1919 by Carl List[3] and Herman Ohlthaver. It was headquartered near the post office. In 1929 a bigger building was bought on the corner of Peter Müller (today Fidel Castro Street) and Kaiserstraße (today Independence Avenue).[4] This building was soon named Carl List Haus. It is today known as the Alexander Forbes House and still the headquarters of the company group.[5]

The company is in its third generation, and owner of Wernhil Park Mall facilities. It is the largest private-sector employer in the country and has over 5,000 employees.[6]

Companies

O & L include:

  • O&L Centre - Property and shopping area
  • Broll Namibia - real estate acquisition, management
  • Namibia Breweries Limited
  • Hangana - fishing and processing
  • Namibia Dairies, including the Super dairy farm !Aimab - milk production and processing, milk products[7]
  • Model Pick 'n Pay Namibia - Trading Company
  • O&L Leisure - Hotels
  • Kraatz - Engineering
  • Dimension Data Namibia - Information Technology
  • Windhoek abattoir - slaughterhouse
  • Eros Air - in-house charter airline
  • O&L Project Management
  • O&L Nexentury
  • windhoek schlachterei
  • O&L Brand X
  • O&L Fresh Produce
  • BrandTribe
  • Hartlief
  • O&L Organic Energy Solutions

References

  1. Deon Schlechter. Govt asked to import more milk from SA New Era, 24 July 2014, retrieved 17 August 2014^
  2. Ohlthaver & List - Company Info - Management retrieved 2014-08-17^
  3. Wie das Strandhotel Form annimmt Allgemeine Zeitung, retrieved 2017-08-17^
  4. Jo-Maré Duddy. Bigger, better Wernhil Park opens its doors to shoppers The Namibian, 5 August 2011^
  5. Carl List House Refurbishment - Carl List Mall - Alexander Forbes House artefacts.co.za, retrieved 16 November 2021^
  6. Ohlthaver & List - Company Info www.ohlthaverlist.com, retrieved 2017-08-17^
  7. Freeman Ngulu. Namibia: Dairies Scramble for Higher Output Namibia Economist (Windhoek), 2014-07-25, retrieved 2017-08-17^