Fould family

{{short description|French Jewish family}}

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The Fould family is a family of French Jewish descent known for success in banking.{{cite book |last=Barbier |first=Frédéric |year=1991 |title=Finance et Politique : La Dynastie des Fould : XVIIIe-XXe siècle |location=Paris |publisher=A. Colin |isbn=0220037531 |language=fr}} It was founded by Beer Léon Fould, a wine-dealer's son from Lorraine, who moved to Paris in 1784 to establish a banking business.{{cite journal |last=Barbier |first=Frédéric |year=1989 |title=Les origines de la maison Fould : Beer Léon et Bénédict Fould (vers 1740–1864) |journal=Revue Historique |volume=281 |issue=569 |pages=159–192 |jstor=40954842 }}{{cite book |first=Michael Stephen |last=Smith |year=2006 |title=The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France: 1800–1930 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=0674019393 |page=52 }} The name comes from the Hessian city of Fulda.

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