Corporate Trustee Services
Holding and exercising the Trustee role under the Trust Declaration, with the discipline that the office requires.
Corporate Trustee
Serving The Howell Legacy Group
Howell Holdings is the Corporate Trustee of The Howell Legacy Group. The fiduciary holds the multi-generational mandate.
Our Purpose
About Howell Holdings
The Corporate Trustee
Fiduciary oversight of the Trust and the family of operating companies beneath it.
Howell Holdings is a Delaware limited liability company that serves as Corporate Trustee for The Howell Legacy Group, a Delaware Statutory Trust. The Corporate Trustee holds fiduciary responsibility for the Trust’s assets and the operating structure beneath it.
The work is straightforward: act in the interests of the trust’s beneficiaries, hold the operating structure to its standards, and preserve the family’s capital across generations.
Trustee succession is governed by the Trust Declaration. The Corporate Trustee role passes within the family, on terms designed to keep the office in family hands across generations.
Delaware LLC
Formation
June 16, 2025
Established
150 Years
Trust Duration
Corporate Trustee
Primary Role
Purpose & Business Activities
Our Fiduciary Mission
The work of the Corporate Trustee, in detail.
Asset Management
Stewarding the Trust’s assets for the beneficiaries today and for the generations to come.
Strategic Oversight
Strategic oversight of Aitch Holdings, the Group’s operational holding company, and the operating businesses organized beneath it.
Estate Planning
Coordinating the family’s estate planning so that the operating structure passes intact across generations.
Charitable Giving
Coordination of the family’s charitable giving through three independent 501(c)(3) public charities.
Business Development
Reviewing the operating companies’ capital plans and major decisions, with the long horizon in mind.
Tax Optimization
Tax planning and compliance across the Trust and the operating companies beneath it.
General Business
The flexibility to take on additional business as the family’s mandate evolves.
Organizational Structure
Corporate Hierarchy & Governance
How the Trust, the Trustee, and the operating companies fit together.
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Trust Structure
The Howell Legacy Group is a Delaware Statutory Trust. Howell Holdings serves as its Corporate Trustee, holding fiduciary responsibility for the Trust’s assets and the operating structure beneath it.
02
Corporate Hierarchy
A multi-tier structure separating the Trust, the Corporate Trustee, the operational holding company, the primary operating company, and the family of operating businesses. Each layer has a defined role; together they provide the asset protection, tax efficiency, and governance flexibility the mandate requires.
03
Management
John Shelton Howell III serves as Managing Trustee and Manager. Trustee succession is defined in the Trust Declaration.
04
Operating Divisions
The operating businesses span technology and patents (AITCH Technologies), software platforms (AITCH Platforms), real estate (AITCH Land Group), music rights (AITCH IP Holdings), management services (52nd Street Capital Group), and the Nevada-jurisdiction investment platform (Nevada Investment Holdings). The three independent foundations stand outside the operating structure.
Membership & Ownership
Sole Member
Howell Holdings is wholly owned by The Howell Legacy Group.
Sole Member
The Howell Legacy Group (Delaware Statutory Trust)
- Entity Type: Delaware Statutory Trust
- Jurisdiction: State of Delaware
- Ownership Interest: 100%
The Howell Legacy Group is a Delaware Statutory Trust. The Trust holds the multi-generational mandate that Howell Holdings exercises as Corporate Trustee.
The Trust is the sole member of Howell Holdings, which keeps the Trustee’s actions aligned with the Trust’s purposes.
The Trust is structured for the long horizon, with succession provisions designed to keep the trustee office and the operating structure in family hands across generations.