Alfred Neven du Mont


Alfred Eduard Maria Neven DuMont was a German publisher.

Life

Alfred Neven DuMont was born on February 20, 1868, into an important publishing dynasty in Cologne. Son of the publisher August Neven DuMont, Alfred studied law in Geneva and Strasbourg, and was then trained in the printing trade at the Vienna Hof- und Staatsdruckerei in 1890. In 1892, he joined his father's publishing house M. DuMont Schauberg, and managed the printing plant there. In 1895, he became an authorized signatory. When his father died the following year, Alfred Neven DuMont took over the management of the publishing house as a full partner together with his older brother Josef Neven DuMont. In 1915, he became senior partner of the company, managed it with his nephew August Neven DuMont.
Neven Dumont published the "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger" and, from 1926, the "Kölnische Illustrierte Zeitung". He was also a commercial judge, Vice Chairman of the Association of German Newspaper Publishers and a member of the Board of the Association of Rhenish Newspaper Publishers.
Neven DuMont married to the women's rights activist Alice Minderop. The couple had two daughters and two sons: Paul and Kurt Neven DuMont. Alfred Neven DuMont's grandson of the same name was chairman of the supervisory board of the M. DuMont Schauberg group of companies from 1990 to early 2015.
Alfred Neven DuMont was buried in the family grave at Melaten Cemetery in Cologne.