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.
Bankers and railway builders · 1800–1880
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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