Eugène Pereire
Eugène Péreire | |
|---|---|
 Péreire by Charles Louis Gratia (1884) | |
| Born | 1 October 1831 Paris, France |
| Died | 21 March 1908 (aged 76) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Financier |
| Spouse |
Juliette Fould (m. 1857) |
Eugène Péreire (1 October 1831 – 21 March 1908) was a French financier and politician of Sephardic Jewish origin from Portugal.[1][2] The son of Isaac Pereire of the prominent Pereire brothers, he founded Banque Transatlantique in 1881.[3]
In 1857, Péreire married Juliette Fould of the Fould family. They had two daughters:
- Alice Pereire (1858–1931), married to Salomon Halfon, President of Banque Transatlantique 1909–23
- Marie Pereire (1860–1936), married to Jules Halphen, son of Eugène Halphen of the Halphen family
Péreire was a member of parliament for the Tarn department from 1863 to 1869.
References
- ↑ Cardozo de Béthencourt, L. (1890). "Le trésor des Juifs Sephardim. Notes sur les familles françaises Israélites du rit portugais". Revue des études juives. 20 (40): 287–300.
- ↑ "PEREIRE - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- ↑ Davies, Helen M. (2015). Emile and Isaac Pereire: Bankers, Socialists and Sephardic Jews in Nineteenth-Century France. Oxford University Press. p. 230. ISBN 9780719089237.
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