Henri Louis Bischoffsheim (17 February 1829 – 11 March 1908) was a Dutch banker.
He took over
Bischoffsheim, Goldschmidt & Cie in
London
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from his father
Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim
Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (; 22 June 1800 – 14 November 1873) was a German-born international banker and a member of the prominent Bischoffsheim family.
Early life
Louis-Raphaël was born on 22 June 1800 and was the eldest son of Nathan-Ra ...
.
He founded
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...
,
Paribas
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, and
Société Générale
Société Générale S.A. (), colloquially known in English as SocGen (), is a French-based multinational financial services company founded in 1864, registered in downtown Paris and headquartered nearby in La Défense.
Société Générale ...
.
He died in 1908 in London, leaving an estate of £1,622,332 (equivalent to £ million in ).
See also
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Bischoffsheim family
The Bischoffsheim family is a family of German-Belgian Jewish descent known for their success in banking. It can be traced back to Raphaël Nathan Bischoffsheim, an army contractor native of Tauberbischofsheim, in the Electorate of Mainz. The fami ...
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1829 births
1908 deaths
Dutch bankers
Dutch Jews
British bankers
British Jews
Dutch emigrants to England
Dutch people of German-Jewish descent
Businesspeople from Amsterdam
British people of German-Jewish descent
Jewish bankers
19th-century British businesspeople
Dutch people of Belgian descent
British people of Belgian-Jewish descent
British people of Dutch-Jewish descent
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