Emile Bernheim (1886–1985) was a Belgian industrialist. For more than half a century he was the president of the store '' A l'innovation'' in

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, which he founded in 1897 in

. Soon other stores followed in

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(1899),

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(1900),

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(1900) and

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(1906). Besides being an entrepreneur he took several initiatives to support the arts and sciences. He founded the ''Bernheim Foundation'', the Belgian Vocation Foundation and the ''Centre Emile Bernheim'' (CEB) at the '' Universite Libre de Bruxelles''. He was also central in the creation of the

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in 1928. He died at the age of 99.

Sources

Centre Emile Bernheim

La Fondation Emile Bernheim

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(Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernheim, Emile 1886 births 1985 deaths 20th-century Belgian businesspeople