Émile and Isaac Pereire

Émile and Isaac Pereire

Bankers and railway builders · 1800–1880

Sephardi · EstablishedThe Modern Era

Brothers from a Portuguese Jewish family of Bordeaux, grandsons of Jacob Rodrigues Pereira. They built France's first passenger railway, founded the Crédit Mobilier bank, and developed the resort of Arcachon.

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