Édouard-Jean Empain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Édouard-Jean Empain

Belgian industrialist made famous by his kidnapping in 1978

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1937

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 20-Jun-2018

Profession: entrepreneur, banker

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Édouard-Jean, 3rd Baron Empain (7 October 1937 – 21 June 2018) was a French-Belgian industrialist, best known by the general public for his kidnapping in 1978. Between 1969 and 1981, Baron Empain was CEO of the Schneider group (Schneider-Empain).
The Baron was the son of Jean, 2nd Baron Empain, and the grandson of Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain.
He married the Italian Silvana Betuzzi in 1957 by whom he has two daughters and a son: they were divorced shortly after Empain's kidnapping.
He lived in the suburbs of Paris with his second wife Jacqueline (née Ragonaux), a former model, whom he married in 1990.