Horace Finaly (30 May 1871,
Budapest
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– 19 May 1945, New York City) French banker, was director general of the
Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (
Paribas) between 1919 and 1937. It imposed its policy and philosophy of its business by the enormous power which had directed the bank.
Biography
He was born on 30 May 1871 in
Budapest
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and studied at the
Lycée Condorcet
The Lycée Condorcet () is a secondary school in Paris, France, located at 8, rue du Havre, in the city's 9th arrondissement. Founded in 1803, it is one of the four oldest high schools in Paris and also one of the most prestigious. Since its inc ...
and passed a law degree in Paris University. He died in New York on 19 May 1945, but his remains are to
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery (, , formerly , ) is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at . With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world.
Buried at Père Lachaise are many famous figures in the ...
in Paris, not far from where he was one of the gentlemen of the time.
See also
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J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ...
(1837–1913)
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Henri Deterding (1866–1939)
References
* Alfred Colling, ''Banque et banquiers : de Babylone à Wall Street'', Paris, Plon, 1962,
Notice sur Horace Finaly* Horace Finaly, the banker, from 1871 to 1945. Bussière, Eric.
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* Jean-Claude Daumas, Alain Chatriot, Danièle Fraboulet, Hervé Joly (dir.), ''Dictionnaire historique des patrons français, ''Paris, Flammarion, 2010''.''
External links
Horace Finaly, a banker who made his markBNP Paribas – History: two centuries of bankingPlutarchy and other talesHorace Finaly, an exceptional banker – Banque Paribas' historyÉcole Horace Finaly – Horace FinalyVilla Finaly
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French bankers
BNP Paribas people
People from Budapest
French art collectors
Jewish art collectors
20th-century French philanthropists
1871 births
1945 deaths
Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to France