Otto Beit

Businessman and Otto Beitbridge Chirundu namey

Otto Beit was younger brother to Alfred Beit. Born in Harmburg Germany 7 December 1865  he travelled in 1890 to South Africa where he lived and worked on the Rand until 1896.

He left the Rand in 1906 for London, UK and  retired from business to devote his time to the Beit Trust and other philanthropic institutions .The bridge spanning over the Zambezi river at Chirundu, linking Zimbabwe and Zambia is named after him.

Otto was knighted by the British establishment in 1924, he died in London 7 December 1930.