Beer Léon Fould, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Beer Léon Fould

French banker

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1767

Place of Birth: Boulay-Moselle, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 14-May-1855

Profession: politician, banker

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Beer Léon Fould (5 March 1767 – 14 May 1855) was a French-Jewish banker, and the founder of the Fould banking dynasty. Born in Boulay-Moselle as the son of Jacob Bernard Fould, a small-time wine dealer, he began working for Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim, being sent to Paris in 1784.
He started his own banking business in the 1790s, and became particular influential during the Second French Empire.
His son Achille Fould would later serve as French Finance minister under Napoleon III.