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Fould family

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The Fould family is a French Jewish family known for its success in banking. It started with Beer Léon Fould, the son of a wine dealer from Lorraine, who moved to Paris in 1784 to open a bank. The name Fould comes from the German city of Fulda in Hesse.


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