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Eugène Péreire

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Nationality
  
French

Parents
  
Isaac Péreire

Uncle
  
Émile Péreire

Occupation
  
Financier

Children
  
Marie Rodrigues-Péreire

Organization founded
  
Banque Transatlantique

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Born
  
1 October 1831 (
1831-10-01
)
Paris

Spouse(s)
  
Juliette Fould (m. 1857)

Died
  
21 March 1908, Paris, France

Eugène Péreire (1 October 1831 – 21 March 1908) was a French financier and politician of Sephardic Jewish origin. The son of Isaac Péreire of the prominent Péreire brothers, he founded Banque Transatlantique in 1881.

In 1857, Péreire married Juliette Fould of the Fould family. They had two daughters:

  1. Alice Pereire (1858–1931), married to Salomon Halfon, President of Banque Transatlantique 1909–23
  2. Marie Pereire (1860–1936), married to Jules Halphen, son of Eugène Halphen of the Halphen family

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

References

Eugène Péreire Wikipedia