Beer Léon Fould (5 March 1767 – 14 May 1855) was a

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banker, and the founder of the Fould banking dynasty. Born in

Boulay-Moselle Boulay-Moselle (; german: Bolchen, Moselle Franconian: ''Bolchin'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The locality of Halling-lès-Boulay (German: ''Hallingen'') was incorporated in the commune in 1972. U ...

as the son of Jacob Bernard Fould, a small-time wine dealer, he began working for

Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim (german: Herz Cerf Beer von Medelsheim, born yi, נַפְתָּלִי(־הערץ) בֶּן דּוֹב־בּער ''Naphtali Ben Dov-Beer'', 1730 – December 7, 1793) was a French Jewish philanthropist. He was a contrac ...

, being sent to Paris in 1784. He started his own banking business in the 1790s, and became particular influential during the

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. His son

Achille Fould Achille Fould (17 November 18005 October 1867) was a French financier and politician. Early life Achille Fould was born on 17 November 1800 in Paris. His father, Beer Léon Fould, was a Ashkenazi Jew, Jewish banker. Career Fould began his care ...

would later serve as French Finance minister under

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

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1767 births 1855 deaths People from Boulay-Moselle 18th-century French Jews French bankers Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Fould family {{France-business-bio-stub