Jean Francois Empain Explained
| Jean Francois Empain |
| Baron Empain |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Spouse: | Veronique Rousselin (1990–2000)
Anne Simond (2018) |
| Children: | Philippine and Morgane |
| Parents: | Édouard-Jean Empain, Silvana Betuzzi |
| Occupation: | Internet entrepreneur |
| Known For: | Helvetic Clinics. |
Jean Francois Empain, 4th Baron Empain (born 5 June 1964, Boulogne-Billancourt) is a Belgian entrepreneur and the last living Baron Empain after his father's death in June 2018.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Personal life
Jean Francois Empain was born to Édouard-Jean Empain and his first wife, Silvana Betuzzi. His parents were divorced shortly after his father's kidnapping, in 1978.[7] [8] [9] [10]
Jean Francois remained married to Veronique Rousselin from 1990 to 2000. He married Anne Simond in March 2019. Jean has two daughters; Philippine and Morgane.[11] [12]
Career
In 1988, Jean Francois Empain started his career in Paris, working for Bacot Alain Warburg (now UBS) as a stock broker. In 1991, he set up a successful Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) in Europe with Pierre Chaker.[13]
Jean François Empain became an early player in the online industry in France.[14] He founded NetBourse, a French online brokerage firm in 1995 that entered into an agreement with Etrade US.[15] [16] [17] [18] In 1999, Etrade (US) bought back their shares in Etrade-Netbourse.[19]
Jean Francois moved to Switzerland in 2002 and became an E-Commerce investor in several ventures before Co-founding Helvetic Dental Clinics, a Switzerland-based company that owns dental clinics of the same name in Hungary, Switzerland, France and Luxembourg.[20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
Notes and References
- Web site: Édouard-Jean Empain, le baron au doigt coupé, est décédé. RTL.fr.
- http://www.dhnet.be/actu/faits/les-dernieres-paroles-du-baron-empain-il-faut-sortir-gagnant-de-cette-impasse-5b2bf28355326301e7a94af1c
- Web site: Case study: Helvetic Clinic moves into the top 10 dental clinics in Hungary. 2016-10-10.
- Web site: Barons EMPAIN.
- Web site: Who's who in Europe.
- Web site: Il y a 40 ans le rapt du baron Empain défrayait la chronique . FIGARO . 2018-01-22 . fr . 2019-09-11.
- According to Édouard-Jean Empain in the documentary L'Enlèvement du baron Empain – « Faites entrer l'accusé » (2005).
- Michel Bôle-Richard, Les désillusions du baron perdu, Le Monde, 28 juillet 2006.
- Message from the kidnappers to RTL on the 24 janvier 1978, document Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL).
- D'après le commissaire André Bizeul de la brigade criminelle dans le documentaire L'Enlèvement du baron Empain – « Faites entrer l'accusé » (2005).
- Web site: Empain – Chaker Sàrl.
- Web site: IdeActiv, 600 millions de francs à miser dans des start-up. 4 January 2000 .
- Web site: Hot New Traders of 1994" by Reerink, Jack, Szala, Ginger – Modern Trader, Vol. 23, Issue 11, October 1994.
- Web site: Helvetic Dental Clinics Budapest was named "Best of Budapest & Hungary" in "Health and Medical Services" category.
- Web site: Diplomacy & Trade - business-sectors | news | the-smile-is-the-result . 2018-12-11 . 2017-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229072209/http://www.dteurope.com/business-sectors/news/the-smile-is-the-result.html . dead .
- Web site: Kidnapping of Baron Empain. Ses enfants Christine, Patricia et Jean.
- Web site: Généalogie de Jean-François EMPAIN.
- Web site: Jean-francois EMPAIN – Dirigeant de la société Sci du Cedre – BFMBusiness.com. dirigeants.bfmtv.com.
- https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1899741 Bloomberg
- Web site: Company information. 2013-11-05. Helvetic-clinics.co.uk. 2015-12-24.
- Web site: Dental clinics – The Clinic Ranking & Scores by GCR. Globalclinicrating.com. 2015-12-24.
- Web site: Interview Helvetic Clinics, clinique dentaire à Budapest. 2015-08-24. Kelclinic.com. 2015-12-24.
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