Our founder
Ikegbunem Ugochukwu
Founder, Chairman & CEO, One100 Group
I build businesses and run them end to end — from field operations delivered to an international client’s standards, to a group of four companies grown from their first customer to standing operations.
4
companies founded and led
283
people employed across One100 Group and FamilySearch contracts
5
West African countries where I audited FamilySearch operations
Gold
FamilySearch recognition for quality of work — the first Nigerian contractor to receive it
My story
From the field to the boardroom.
I’m based in Ifite, Awka, in Anambra State. My working life has been built in the field: recording, collecting, auditing and organising work across communities, to standards set by an international client. That is where I learned what makes an operation run — the right people, properly trained, with a clear standard to work to.
One100 Group grew out of that experience. It started with One100 Services, delivering field operations, and has become four companies — in services, food, real estate, and design and automation — each built from its first customer to a standing business.
Education matters deeply to me. Twice, my own education slipped out of my hands for one reason only: money. That is why I am launching the Ikegbunem Ugochukwu Initiative in 2027.
Above all, I’m a husband and a dad. Family is where my own story began — a father who taught me to read and a mother who taught me how to live — and it shapes everything I build.
“Build the operation, then hand it a standard it can run on.”
— How I build every One100 company
What I bring
- Business strategy
- Production management
- Field operations
- Data collection & analytics
- Logistics
- Team building
- Client & contract management
- P&L ownership
- Public speaking
Languages: English, Ibibio, Krio and Mende — each learned to teach and work in the community that speaks it. Spanish is in progress.
Journey
A track record of leadership
Key roles in my career, businesses and service.
Today
Founder, Chairman & CEO — One100 Group
I set strategy, capital allocation and leadership across our four companies, and built each one from its first customer to a standing operation.
Today
Production Manager — Macnico Enterprises, for FamilySearch International
I run field recording, transcription and data handoff for FamilySearch’s oral genealogy programme. I designed a standard collection process that FamilySearch later adopted globally, and I employ and manage 64 staff plus subcontractors — delivering on schedule, with no injuries on site.
Today
Scan & Share — FamilySearch International
I help institutions move their archives off paper, and build the partnerships that open each site.
Earlier
Auditor — FamilySearch International
I audited project finances and operations across Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Senegal, and oversaw Enugu’s move to online leadership and clerk resources.
2018 – 2019
Aircraft Maintenance Engineering — Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria
One of 15 students admitted from 2,009 candidates.
2014 – 2016
Full-time missionary — Nigeria and Sierra Leone
I was responsible for more than 200 fellow missionaries, and learned Ibibio, Krio and Mende so I could teach each community in its own language.
Education: BSc Economics at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (in progress, expected 2030); Aircraft Maintenance Engineering at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria; SSCE at Annunciation Secondary School, Enugu.
Recognition
Quality, recognised.
I was the first Nigerian contractor to receive FamilySearch’s Gold recognition for quality of work — recognition for the teams and the standard we built together.
The companies I lead
Ikegbunem Ugochukwu Initiative · Launching 2027
Investing in people.
The Initiative will pay school fees and teach the life skills schools don’t — starting with 20 students in Ezeagu LGA, Enugu State, with a focus on girls and children.
- students in the first cohort
- 20
- launch year
- 2027
- LGA, Enugu State
- Ezeagu
Work with me
For partnerships, investment opportunities, speaking or anything else, get in touch — your message comes straight to me.