Benoît (Bénédict) Fould (21 November 1792 – 28 July 1858) was a French banker and scion of the

Fould family The Fould family is a family of History of the Jews in France, French Jewish descent known for success in banking. It was founded by Beer Léon Fould, a wine-dealer's son from Lorraine (region), Lorraine, who moved to Paris in 1784 to establish ...

. Fould was married to Helena Oppenheim, daughter of Salomon Oppenheim, founder of

Sal. Oppenheim Sal. Oppenheim was a German private banking, private bank founded in 1789 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany. It provided asset management solutions for wealthy individual clients and institutional investors. In 2009, the bank became a subsidia ...

private bank. The bride's dowry made part of the initial capital of the new bank, Fould-Oppenheim et Cie.

Ferdinand de Lesseps Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps (; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French Orientalist diplomat and owner of Main Idea of the Suez Canal, which in 1869 joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distan ...

would name Fould as a founder of the

Suez Canal Company Suez (, , , ) is a seaport city with a population of about 800,000 in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. It is the capital and largest city of the ...

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* 1792 births 1858 deaths French bankers 19th-century French Jews 19th-century French businesspeople Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Fould family {{France-business-bio-stub