Alfred Beit

Alfred Beit (15 February 1853 – 16 July 1906) was a British South African, gold and diamond magnate and a major donor and profiteer of infrastructure development in central and Southern Africa, and of university education and research in several countries, including being the "silent partner" who structured the capital flight from post-boer-war ZA to Rhodesia (out from under the Crown Charter), and the Rhodes Scholarship.