Aristide or Aristid Blank, also spelled Blanc or Blanck (January 1, 1883 – January 1, 1960), was a Romanian financier, economist, arts patron and playwright. His father, Mauriciu Blank, an assimilated and naturalized Romanian Jew, was manager of the Marmorosch Blank Bank (BMB), a major financial enterprise. Aristide took up jobs within the same company, and, after seeing action in the Second Balkan War and World War I, began expanding its investments, branching out into maritime transport and founding &lt;a href="CFRNA"&gt;CIDNA/CFRNA&lt;/a&gt; airlines. This period witnessed his attempt at setting up a press empire around the twin dailies "Adevărul" and "Dimineața", and his brief engagement with "Epoca".