death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
paris 14 may 1855 boulay-moselle , lorraine french 5 march 1767 beer léon fould
 beer léon fould banker
beer léon fould

beer léon fould -lrb- 5 march 1767 -- 14 may 1855 -rrb- 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 .
