Jean Francois Empain, 4th Baron Empain (born 5 June 1964, Boulogne-Billancourt) is a Belgian entrepreneur and the last living Baron Empain after his father's death in June 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Jean Francois Empain | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 June 1964 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | Internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Helvetic Clinics. |
| Title | Baron Empain |
| Spouse(s) | Veronique Rousselin (1990–2000) Anne Simond (2018) |
| Children | Philippine and Morgane |
| Parent(s) | Édouard-Jean Empain, Silvana Betuzzi |
Personal life edit
Jean Francois Empain was born to Édouard-Jean Empain and his first wife, Silvana Betuzzi. His parents were divorced shortly after his father's kidnapping, in 1978.[7][8][9][10]
Jean Francois remained married to Veronique Rousselin from 1990 to 2000. He married Anne Simond in March 2019. Jean has two daughters; Philippine and Morgane.[11][12]
Career edit
In 1988, Jean Francois Empain started his career in Paris, working for Bacot Alain Warburg (now UBS) as a stock broker. In 1991, he set up a successful Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) in Europe with Pierre Chaker.[13]
Jean François Empain became an early player in the online industry in France.[14] He founded NetBourse, a French online brokerage firm in 1995 that entered into an agreement with Etrade US.[15][16][17][18] In 1999, Etrade (US) bought back their shares in Etrade-Netbourse.[19]
Jean Francois moved to Switzerland in 2002 and became an E-Commerce investor in several ventures before Co-founding Helvetic Dental Clinics, a Switzerland-based company that owns dental clinics of the same name in Hungary, Switzerland, France and Luxembourg.[20][21][22][23][24][25]
References edit
- ^ "Édouard-Jean Empain, le baron au doigt coupé, est décédé". RTL.fr.
- ^ http://www.dhnet.be/actu/faits/les-dernieres-paroles-du-baron-empain-il-faut-sortir-gagnant-de-cette-impasse-5b2bf28355326301e7a94af1c [dead link]
- ^ "Case study: Helvetic Clinic moves into the top 10 dental clinics in Hungary". 2016-10-10.
- ^ "Barons EMPAIN".
- ^ "Who's who in Europe".
- ^ "Il y a 40 ans le rapt du baron Empain défrayait la chronique". FIGARO (in French). 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ According to Édouard-Jean Empain in the documentary L'Enlèvement du baron Empain – « Faites entrer l'accusé » (2005).
- ^ Michel Bôle-Richard, Les désillusions du baron perdu, Le Monde, 28 juillet 2006.
- ^ Message from the kidnappers to RTL on the 24 janvier 1978, document Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL).
- ^ D'après le commissaire André Bizeul de la brigade criminelle dans le documentaire L'Enlèvement du baron Empain – « Faites entrer l'accusé » (2005).
- ^ "Empain – Chaker Sàrl".
- ^ "IdeActiv, 600 millions de francs à miser dans des start-up". 4 January 2000.
- ^ "Hot New Traders of 1994" by Reerink, Jack, Szala, Ginger – Modern Trader, Vol. 23, Issue 11, October 1994".[dead link]
- ^ "Helvetic Dental Clinics Budapest was named "Best of Budapest & Hungary" in "Health and Medical Services" category".
- ^ "Diplomacy & Trade - business-sectors | news | the-smile-is-the-result". Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ "Kidnapping of Baron Empain. Ses enfants Christine, Patricia et Jean".
- ^ "Généalogie de Jean-François EMPAIN".
- ^ "Jean-francois EMPAIN – Dirigeant de la société Sci du Cedre – BFMBusiness.com". dirigeants.bfmtv.com.
- ^ "Bloomberg – Are you a robot?". Bloomberg News.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Company information". Helvetic-clinics.co.uk. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ "Dental clinics – The Clinic Ranking & Scores by GCR". Globalclinicrating.com. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ "Interview Helvetic Clinics, clinique dentaire à Budapest". Kelclinic.com. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
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