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Henry Bizot
Henry Bizot (1901–1990) was a French banker, and the first chairman of Banque Nationale de Paris. In 1964, he became chairman of Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris (CNEP), and in 1966, the first chairman of Banque Nationale de Paris, following CNEP's merger with Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie (BNCI). His son Christian Bizot married Marie-Hélène, niece of Lily Bollinger Lily Bollinger (born Élisabeth Law de Lauriston-Boubers; 1899 - 22 February 1977 near Reims, France) was the head of the Bollinger Champagne business from 1941 to 1971. Bollinger was the daughter of Baron Olivier Law de Lauriston-Boubers and Ber ..., and became head of the Bollinger Champagne house, and the fifth generation to run the family business. References 1901 births 1990 deaths 20th-century French businesspeople Bizot family {{France-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banque Nationale De Paris
BNP Paribas is a French international banking group, founded in 2000 from the merger between Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP, "National Bank of Paris") and Paribas, formerly known as the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas. The full name of the group's parent entity is BNP Paribas S.A. With 190,000 employees as of February 2021, the bank is organized into three major business areas: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS), Investment & Protection Services (IPS) and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB). The group is listed on the first market of Euronext Paris and a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index, while it also included in the French CAC 40 index. BNP Paribas is the largest banking group in Europe, after HSBC, and ninth largest Banking group in the world, essentially a bulge bracket. It became one of the five largest banks in the world following the 2008 financial crisis. Despite some legal difficulties in 2014, including being fined the largest eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comptoir National D'escompte De Paris
The Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris (CNEP), from 1854 to 1889 Comptoir d'escompte de Paris (CEP), was a major French bank active from 1848 to 1966. The CEP was created by decree on 10 March 1848 by the French Provisional Government, in response to the disruption caused to the prior French credit system by the February revolution. It grew in France and overseas, collapsed in 1889, and was soon reformed as CNEP. It was nationalized in 1945 together with other major French depository banks. In 1966 it merged with Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie to form Banque Nationale de Paris. Background The revolution of February 1848 caused a general failure of confidence in paper assets such as shares, bonds and bank deposits, and a rush to convert these assets to gold and silver. The Provisional Government was forced into emergency measures such as suspending payment on maturing treasury bonds, closing the stock market, forcing acceptance of banknotes and restricting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banque Nationale Pour Le Commerce Et L'industrie
The ''Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie'' (BNCI, "National Bank for Trade and Industry") was a major French bank, active from 1932 to 1966 when it merged with Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris to form Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP). It was itself the successor of the ''Comptoir d'Escompte de Mulhouse'', a bank founded in 1848 under the Second French Republic, and its subsidiary formed in 1913, the ''Banque Nationale de Crédit''. Comptoir d'Escompte de Mulhouse The Comptoir national d'escompte de Mulhouse was created on as one of 65 comptoirs d'escompte or local discount banks under the initiative of the new Republican government, following the financial crisis associated with the February Revolution of that year. Its first director was local industrialist , appointed by government decree on . In May 1852, the government withdrew its financial support, and the Comptoir national d'escompte de Mulhouse was one of less than a dozen that survived, together w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Bizot
Christian Bizot (1928 – 7 July 2002) was a French winemaker, the head of the Bollinger Champagne house, and the fifth generation to run the family business. Biography Christian Bizot was born in Paris in 1928. He was the niece of Lily Bollinger. He was the son of Henry Bizot, president of the Banque Nationale de Paris, and Guillemette Law de Lauriston-Boubers, younger sister of Lily Bollinger. Bizot joined Bollinger in 1952, aged 24. Another of her nephews Claude d'Hautefeuille, took over the running of Bollinger when Lily retired in 1971 and ran it until 1978, when Bizot took over as president. He married Marie-Hélène, and they had five sons, Henry, Charles, Étienne, Guy and Xavier. Bizot died on 7 July 2002, aged 73, at his summer home near Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Bollinger
Lily Bollinger (born Élisabeth Law de Lauriston-Boubers; 1899 - 22 February 1977 near Reims, France) was the head of the Bollinger Champagne business from 1941 to 1971. Bollinger was the daughter of Baron Olivier Law de Lauriston-Boubers and Berthe de Marsay. She married Jacques Bollinger (1894-1941), general manager A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ... of Bollinger Champagne and grandson of founder Jacques Joseph Bollinger, on 10 November 1923. They had no children. Bollinger took over the presidency of the Bollinger house after the death of her husband in 1941, and directed it until 1971. She launched the Bollinger RD vintage in 1961 and the vintage Vieilles Vignes Françaises in 1969, putting the brand on the international stage. After her death in 1977, her nephe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollinger
Bollinger () is a French Champagne house, a producer of sparkling wines from the Champagne region. They produce several labels of Champagne under the Bollinger name, including the vintage ''Vieilles Vignes Françaises, Grande Année'' and ''R.D.'' as well as the non-vintage Special Cuvée. Founded in 1829 in Aÿ by Hennequin de Villermont, Paul Renaudin and Jacques Bollinger, the house continues to be run by members of the Bollinger family. In Britain, Bollinger Champagnes are affectionately known as "Bolly". History Bollinger has roots in the Champagne region dating back to 1585 when the Hennequins, one of the Bollinger founding families, owned land in Cramant. Before the Bollinger house was founded, in the 18th century the Villermont family practised wine making, though not under their family name. In 1750, Villermont settled in the location 16 rue Jules Lobet, which would eventually become the head office for Bollinger. In 1803 Jacques Joseph Placide Bollinger was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1901 Births
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1990 Deaths
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