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Beer Léon Fould

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Beer Léon Fould
Born(1767-03-05)5 March 1767
Died14 May 1855(1855-05-14) (aged 88)
NationalityFrench
OccupationBanker
Tomb of Fould

Beer Léon Fould (5 March 1767 – 14 May 1855) was a French-Jewish banker, and the founder of the Fould banking dynasty.

Born in Boulay-Moselle as the son of Jacob Bernard Fould, a small-time wine dealer, he began working for Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim, being sent to Paris in 1784. He started his own banking business in the 1790s, and became particular influential during the Second French Empire.[1] His son Achille Fould would later serve as French Finance minister under Napoleon III.

References

  1. ^ Smith, Michael Stephen (2006). The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France: 1800–1930. Harvard University Press. p. 52. ISBN 0674019393.