Jack Dellal

Dellal was born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, to Iraqi-born Sephardic Jewish immigrants Sulman Dellal, a textile importer[3][4] and Charlotte Shashoua.[5] He was educated at Heaton Moor College, also in Manchester.[6] Dellal worked with his father from the early age of 14 selling cloth.

Dellal became a banker in the 1970s. He owned the Dalton Barton bank, which he sold to Keyser Ullman for £58 million.[7] He set up Allied Commercial in 1974 with Stanley Van Gelder, with whom he worked for over forty years. One of their deals was the flip of central London's Bush House in 2004, which made £750 million within two years.[7][8] He was said to have invested up to £200m in London's Dolphin Square.[9]

Dellal's nickname, "Black Jack", was popularly said to have derived from his love of gambling.[10][6]

Through two marriages and at least one long term relationship, he had nine children, seven daughters and two sons.

• Zehava Helmer: - Guy (businessman), Lorraine, Suzanne, Diane and Gaby (film director)[11]
• Katya Douglas: - Jasmine (film director) and Rowan
• Ruanne (Louw) : Miss South Africa 1974 runner up: - Zack and Catherine.

In memory of his daughter Suzanne, Jack founded the Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater in Tel Aviv in 1989.

Guy was a director of Allied Commercial Holdings, who ran Allied Commercial along with his father from 1986, and took over operational ownership years before Jack died. By 2010 he was an investment partner of Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz,[12] and an art dealer.

Dellal died in his sleep in London on 28 October 2012, aged 89.[13]