Eugène Péreire

Eugène Péreire

Eugène Pereire by Charles Louis Gratia (1884)
Born (1831-10-01)1 October 1831
Paris
Died 21 March 1908(1908-03-21) (aged 76)
Paris
Nationality French
Occupation Financier
Spouse(s) Juliette Fould (m. 1857)

Eugène Péreire (1 October 1831 – 21 March 1908) was a French financier and politician of Sephardic Jewish origin. The son of Isaac Péreire of the prominent Péreire brothers, he founded Banque Transatlantique in 1881.[1]

In 1857, Péreire married Juliette Fould of the Fould family. They had two daughters:

  1. Alice Pereire (1858–1931), married to Salomon Halfon, President of Banque Transatlantique 1909–23
  2. Marie Pereire (1860–1936), married to Jules Halphen, son of Eugène Halphen of the Halphen family

Péreire was a member of parliament for the Department Tarn from 1863 to 1869.

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