Private Family Office · Est. 2025

Building wealth
across generations.

The Howell Legacy Group is a private, multi-generational family office operating under a Delaware Statutory Trust. We steward a diversified portfolio of operating companies, real-estate holdings, intellectual property, and charitable initiatives on behalf of the Howell family.

Structure
Delaware Statutory Trust
Horizon
Multi-Generational
Governance
Institutional-Grade
I · About

A private family office.

The Group

The Howell Legacy Group is the apex entity of a private family office structured as a Delaware Statutory Trust. The Trust and its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries steward the Howell family's assets across diversified sectors, with the long-term mandate of preserving and compounding capital for present and future generations.

We operate with institutional discipline: separation of operating entities, professional custody relationships, documented governance, and annual board review. What is a family office on the cover is, under the hood, a formal enterprise.

II · Approach

Diversified across sectors.

Pillar I

Healthcare Services

Operating interests in home-healthcare services, delivering care to seniors and vulnerable populations in the communities we operate in.

Pillar II

Real Estate

Long-hold residential and land positions across Virginia and Florida. Real estate anchors the portfolio with tangible, multi-decade assets.

Pillar III

Intellectual Property

A growing portfolio of patents in construction, agriculture, and energy technology, held and licensed through dedicated subsidiary entities.

Pillar IV

Music & Publishing

BMI-registered music publishing and original music production, with catalog administration spanning performance, mechanical, sync, and digital royalties.

Pillar V

Technology

Technology and innovation subsidiaries backing the family's patent portfolio and building the tools the family office runs on.

Pillar VI

Charitable Giving

Three affiliated 501(c)(3) foundations focused on adoption and youth development, vision care, and environmental conservation.

III · Framework

Institutional cascade.

I
Apex Trust

The Howell Legacy Group

Delaware Statutory Trust at the top of the structure. Holds every downstream operating subsidiary and defines the family's long-term governance mandate.

II
Corporate Trustee

Howell Holdings

Corporate trustee overseeing the Trust's operational holdings and discretionary distributions.

III
Holding Company

AITCH Holdings

The family's holding company. Bridges the long-term trust mandate at the top with the operating businesses below.

IV
Primary Operating Company

AITCH Enterprises

The primary operating company of The Howell Legacy Group. AITCH Enterprises holds and coordinates the operating businesses across real estate, technology, music, capital markets, and the Nevada-jurisdiction investment platform.

V
Operating Businesses

The Operating Businesses

The work happens here. Real estate (AITCH Land Group), technology and patents (AITCH Technologies), software platforms (AITCH Platforms), music rights (AITCH IP Holdings), management services (52nd Street Capital Group), and the Nevada investment platform (Nevada Investment Holdings). See Entities below.

IV · Leadership

Family principals.

JH
John Shelton Howell III
Founder, CEO & Managing Trustee

Chairman of The Howell Legacy Group and managing member across the operating subsidiaries. Directs strategic vision and enterprise governance.

MH
Margaret Howell
Chief Operating Officer

Leads day-to-day operations across the family office and administration of the operating subsidiaries.

NG
Next Generation
Leaders-in-Training

The Howell children are actively engaged in the family's governance, learning real-estate, operations, and investment disciplines in preparation for future leadership.

V · Entities

Holdings & operations.

Holding Companies where the family's equity sits · aitch holdings · music rights · nevada investment platform
Holding Company

AITCH Holdings LLC

The family's holding company. Where capital flows meet the discipline that governs them.

aitchholdings.com → Music Publishing & Rights

AITCH IP Holdings LLC

Holds the family's music publishing and master rights. The catalog is administered through 360 World Music LLC.

aitchipholdings.com →
Nevada Investment Platform

Nevada Investment Holdings LLC

The parent of the family's Nevada investment platform. Holds a diversified portfolio across public equities, fixed income, private funds, and real assets.

IP Licensing
Nevada IP Licensing LLC

IP commercialization across patents, trademarks, copyrights, and royalty streams.

Venture Investing
Nevada Venture Capital LLC

Direct venture investing: early-stage, growth equity, strategic acquisitions, Foundation PRI.

Operating Companies active commercial entities · tier 4 primary operations & tier 5 operating subsidiaries
Primary Operating Company

AITCH Enterprises LLC

The primary operating company of The Howell Legacy Group. Holds and coordinates the operating businesses across real estate, technology, music, capital markets, and management services.

aitchenterprises.com → Management Services Operating

52nd Street Capital Group

Provider of Management Services Agreement (MSA) services to affiliated enterprises and to H&L Venture Group LLC under fixed-retainer MSAs.

52ndstreetcapital.com → Operating Company — Healthcare

H&L Venture Group

Joint venture in which AITCH Holdings holds a 67% passive equity position. Operates BrightStar Care of East Richmond — home-care franchise serving metropolitan Richmond, Virginia.

brightstarcare.com/locations/e-richmond → Real Estate Operating

AITCH Land Group

Real estate operating entity for the family's interests across Virginia and Florida.

aitchlandgroup.com → Technology Operating — Patents

AITCH Technologies

Technology Operating Company — Patent Portfolio scope. Parent of ten Patent Sub-LLCs across construction, agriculture, and energy technology.

aitchtechnologies.com →
Software Platforms

AITCH Platforms LLC

The Group's software-platforms operating company. Platforms holds the internal applications that support the Group's operating discipline — entity registry, banking registry, MSA reporting, cash-flow forecasting, and the Wealth Management dashboard.

Music Operating

360 World Music

Music publishing operating company — direct subsidiary of AITCH IP Holdings. BMI Publisher IPI 00782057821; administers catalog rights and licensing agreements with BMI, SoundExchange, LyricFind, TouchTunes, Mood Media, and Spectrio.

360worldmusic.com → Music Operating

Global Music Group

Music production company — wholly-owned subsidiary of 360 World Music LLC. Composition, recording, and studio services.

global-music-group.com →
VI · Values

Principles that hold.

01

Equal Treatment

All family members, biological and adopted, are treated with equal respect and equal opportunity.

02

Structured Development

Systematic training and education prepare the next generation for meaningful leadership responsibility.

03

Institutional Excellence

Family-office best practices in governance, operations, and reporting — applied with professional rigor.

04

Sustainable Growth

Long-term wealth preservation through diversification, prudent risk management, and patient capital.

05

Strategic Partnerships

Premier banking, custody, and advisory relationships chosen for durability and alignment of interests.

06

Innovation & Tradition

Embracing new technology and business models while honoring family tradition and founding principles.

VII · News

2026 Recognition.

Four awards · Two ClearView programs · One governance architecture

The Howell Legacy Group — Family Wealth Report Awards 2026 Winner, Healthcare Services
Family Wealth Report Awards 2026 · Healthcare Services
John Shelton Howell III — Wealth For Good Awards 2026 Winner, Leading Individual in Wealth For Good
Wealth For Good Awards 2026 · Leading Individual
Today's Child Foundation — Wealth For Good Awards 2026 Winner, Initiative or Program
Wealth For Good Awards 2026 · Initiative or Program
AITCH Technologies — Wealth For Good Awards 2026 Winner, Innovative Technology Solution
Wealth For Good Awards 2026 · Innovative Technology Solution

The Howell Legacy Group has been recognized in four categories across two of the wealth management industry’s most prestigious annual programs administered by ClearView Financial Media in 2026.

At the Family Wealth Report Awards 2026 (announced 30 April 2026 at the Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan), the firm received the Healthcare Services award for the integrated work of H&L Venture Group’s BrightStar Care franchise. The judging panel cited the franchise’s delivery of skilled nursing, personal support, and specialized dementia services in the East Richmond, Virginia community, noting that the integration of family office planning with healthcare operations “combines operational excellence, quality outcomes, and meaningful service for families across generations.”

John Shelton Howell III accepting the Family Wealth Report Award on stage at the Mandarin Oriental, Manhattan
FWR Awards gala · Mandarin Oriental, Manhattan · 30 April 2026
John Shelton Howell III at the WealthBriefing Wealth For Good Awards, Druces LLP, London
WFG Awards · Druces LLP, City of London · 11 June 2026
The Wealth For Good Awards 2026 reception at Druces LLP, City of London
Wealth For Good reception · City of London
John Shelton Howell III with guests at the Wealth For Good Awards 2026 reception, City of London
Reception · Druces LLP, City of London

At the WealthBriefing Wealth For Good Awards 2026 (announced 11 June 2026 at Druces LLP in the City of London), The Howell Legacy Group received recognition in three Americas categories simultaneously: Leading Individual in Wealth For Good (John Shelton Howell III), Initiative or Program (Today’s Child Foundation), and Innovative Technology Solution (AITCH Technologies LLC). Three categories in a single regional cycle is an unusual outcome at the WFG Awards.

The judges’ citation for the Leading Individual award characterized the work as “embedding philanthropy, conservation, and public accountability into the core structure of his family enterprise.”

The Howell Legacy Group feature in the 2026 Family Wealth Report Acclaim, page 117
Published feature · Family Wealth Report Acclaim 2026, page 117 — read the full feature on Issuu

The Family Wealth Report Acclaim feature, published 22 June 2026, profiles The Howell Legacy Group’s governance architecture, leadership development model, and approach to integrating commercial operations with charitable governance. The full feature appears on page 117.

Family Wealth Report Awards 2026 Winner — Healthcare Services WealthBriefing Wealth For Good Awards 2026 Winner — Leading Individual in Wealth For Good WealthBriefing Wealth For Good Awards 2026 Winner — Initiative or Program (Today's Child Foundation) WealthBriefing Wealth For Good Awards 2026 Winner — Innovative Technology Solution (AITCH Technologies)
Read the FWR Acclaim feature ↑ Download the press release Visit Today’s Child Foundation ↑ Visit AITCH Technologies ↑
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