Eugène Péreire (1 October 1831 – 21 March 1908) was a French financier and politician of

Sephardic Jewish Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...

origin. The son of

Isaac Péreire Émile Pereire (3 December 1800, Bordeaux - 5 January 1875, Paris) and his brother Isaac Pereire (25 November 1806, Bordeaux – 12 July 1880, Gretz-Armainvilliers) were major figures in the development of France's finance and infrastructure durin ...

of the prominent Péreire brothers, he founded Banque Transatlantique in 1881. In 1857, Péreire married Juliette Fould of the

Fould family The Fould family is a family of French Jewish descent known for success in banking. It was founded by Beer Léon Fould, a wine-dealer's son from Lorraine, who moved to Paris in 1784 to establish a banking business. The name comes from the Hess ...

. 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 Eugène Halphen (5 July 1820 – 27 December 1912) was a French historian, poet and book editor. Early life Eugène Halphen was born on 5 July 1820 in Paris, France. Career Halphen was a historian. He also composed poetry under the pen name of ...

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

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1831 births 1908 deaths French financiers 19th-century French Sephardi Jews Pereire family Fould family {{Tarn-politician-stub