Eugène Pereire Explained
| Eugène Péreire |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1831 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | Financier |
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 Péreire of the prominent Péreire 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.
Notes and 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.
- Web site: PEREIRE - JewishEncyclopedia.com . 2023-07-22 . www.jewishencyclopedia.com.
- Book: Davies, Helen M. . Emile and Isaac Pereire: Bankers, Socialists and Sephardic Jews in Nineteenth-Century France . Oxford University Press . 2015 . 230 . 9780719089237 .
