Horace Finaly

Parent(s)Hugo Finaly
Eugenia (Jenny) Ellenberger

Horace Finaly (30 May 1871, Budapest – 19 May 1945, New York City) French banker, was director general of the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (Paribas) between 1919 and 1937. It imposed its policy and philosophy of its business by the enormous power which had directed the bank.

Biography

He was born on 30 May 1871 in Budapest and studied at the Lycée Condorcet and passed a law degree in Paris University. He died in New York on 19 May 1945, but his remains are to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, not far from where he was one of the gentlemen of the time.

See also

• J. P. Morgan (1837–1913)
• Henri Deterding (1866–1939)

References

• Alfred Colling, Banque et banquiers : de Babylone à Wall Street, Paris, Plon, 1962, p. 330-336 Notice sur Horace Finaly
• Horace Finaly, the banker, from 1871 to 1945. Bussière, Eric.
• Bussière, Eric (1992). Paribas : 1872–1992 : Europe and the World. Antwerp: Fonds Mercator.
• Advanced search BNP Paribas Well of History
• Jean-Claude Daumas, Alain Chatriot, Danièle Fraboulet, Hervé Joly (dir.), Dictionnaire historique des patrons français, Paris, Flammarion, 2010.

External links

• Horace Finaly, a banker who made his mark
• BNP Paribas – History: two centuries of banking
• Plutarchy and other tales
• 1920 – 1945 Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas
• Horace Finaly, an exceptional banker – Banque Paribas' history
• École Horace Finaly – Horace Finaly
• Horace Finaly «Le banquier du front populaire»
• Villa Finaly