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Isaac Pereire
Isaac Pereire (25 November 1806 – 12 July 1880) was a French politician and businessman. Early life He was born in Bourdeaux to broker and maritime insurer Isaac Rodrigues Pereire and his wife Rebecca Lopès-Fonseca, making him the grandson of the scholar, linguist and Speech–language pathology, speech pathologist Jacob Rodrigue Pereire, nephew of Isaac Rodrigues-Henriques and younger brother of Émile Pereire, who proved closely involved in his fortune and all his financial dealings. Isaac senior welcomed Isaac junior to Paris, where the latter based himself. Career He was one of the first administrators of the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, Chemins de fer de Lyon and created the 3 0/0 type of railway bonds, later adopted by all major French railway companies. He was a member of the Paris committee of the Ottoman Bank from 1863 to 1868. Conseiller général for Perpignan, he was elected deputy to the Corps législatif (Second Empire), Corps lég ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Pereire
Émile Pereire (3 December 1800, Bordeaux - 5 January 1875, Paris) and his brother Isaac Pereire (25 November 1806, Bordeaux – 12 July 1880, Gretz-Armainvilliers) were major figures in the development of France's finance and infrastructure during the Second French Empire. The Pereire brothers challenged the dominance of the Rothschilds in continental European finance, known at the time as ''haute finance''. Their attempt was temporarily successful, and even though it collapsed in the late 1860s, it contributed to a more developed and vibrant economic landscape. Like the Rothschilds, the Pereires were Jews, but unlike them, they were Sephardi of Portuguese origin. Family The brothers' grandfather was Jacob Rodrigues Pereira, one of the inventors of sign language for the deaf, who was born in Spain and established himself in France in 1741, where he became an interpreter for King Louis XV. Jacob Rodrigues Pereire (as he went by in French) married Miriam Lopès Dias, a Sephardic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
