Alfred Doll-Steinberg
Alfred Doll-Steinberg (20 September 1933 – 9 May 2012) was a British chemical engineer who helped shape the design and economics of early oil refineries and petrochemical plants. He was born in Vienna, the son of Marcus Doll-Steinberg, who lost his government job after the Nazis came to power, and the family moved to Nottingham. He won a scholarship to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he earned a double First in mathematics and chemistry.
His career spanned work for oil companies in London and New York, the Institut Français du Pétrole in Paris, and later his own consultancy. His projects included a refinery in Larnaca, Cyprus, and drilling in the Negev desert in Israel. He directed several private companies, including British Tours, which he co-founded in 1958. Later he chaired Tribeka, a company founded by his son Daniel that develops on-demand digital entertainment technology; Tribeka won a Wall Street Journal Innovation Award and was named Deloitte European Retail Solution of the Year.
In the early 1990s, Doll-Steinberg became one of the most vocal Lloyd’s of London investors who suffered heavy losses, chairing the Gooda Walker and Wellington action groups. After sustained pressure and legal action, Lloyd’s offered a settlement reported to be about £900 million.
He married Gerda Adele in 1965 and they had three children. He died in London in 2012 at age 78; his resting place is Jerusalem, Israel.
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