Bützov in Mecklenburg. His childhood was spent in his father’s home region of Württemberg on the banks Lake Constance, where he was educated by private tutors before attending the polytechnic at Stuttgart

enterprises in diverse industries across four decades through his leadership of the investment bank Privatbanken. Tietgen was born in Odense where his father was a cabinet maker. After schooling locally he [...] by private banks when he returned home five years later. He began working as a wholesaler in Copenhagen in 1855 but then in 1857 was appointed as a director of the newly created Privatbanken. Within a few [...] In the second half of the 19th century, Tietgen was one of the most influential bankers in Denmark and contributed significantly to the country’s industrial development. He founded or supported an ext

(Triebwagenzug) to run on a European railway. Čžjžek was involved in banking, having been a founder of the Wiener Bankverein (Vienna union of banks) in 1869. He made a world tour in 1898 to promote the Empire’s

businesses. Its success led him to cofound the Kharkov Trade Bank (which became the third largest trade bank in the Empire) and the Kharkov Land Bank. Altschewskyj saw opportunities for economic development [...] Oleksij Altschewskyj was a Ukrainian banker and industrialist who created companies that developed large-scale coal mines, railways and steelworks in the Donbas basin in the late 19th century, making it [...] merchant and in 1862 he moved to Kharkiv. In 1866, he founded one of the first private commercial banks in the Russian Empire, the Kharkiv Mutual Credit Society, which was unusual in making short-term loans

railway construction and other projects. As a result he was instrumental in establishing in 1856 the new bank Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (now Credit Suisse), which was critical to establishing Zürich as a global

people in the country. He became a Serbian citizen and was an influential governor of the national bank of Serbia (later of Yugoslavia) for much of the period from 1890 to 1926. In the late 1890s Weifert [...] nephew and nationalised after the Second World War. He is commemorated by his portrait on Serbian banknotes.

alongside around 200 others. Boada’s later roles included the presidencies of the Bank of Madrid, the Catalan development bank and Ford Spain. At INH (Instituto Nacional de Hidrocarburos) from 1981 to 1985

businesses across Spain in maritime transport, shipbuilding, railways, electricity, insurance and banking. His parents both came from families of iron-merchants near Bilbao and he was brought up at the iron-ore

chemicals, textiles, transport, mining, olive oil, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, tobacco, banking and insurance. Da Silva was born in Lisbon to furniture dealer and financier Caetano Isidoro da Silva [...] 19 he took over running the family estate and three years later he was a director of the Lusitano bank and Companhia Aliança Fabril (CAF), which made candles, soap, glycerine and other chemical products

intelligence with a liking for the playboy lifestyle and maintained close contacts with international bankers and leading Italian politicians. He continued the company’s association with the Juventus football

including copper manufacturing, mechanical engineering, cork production, newspaper publishing, banking and insurance. In politics he opposed the coup that led to the Salazar regime in 1926 and continued

cotton to printed and embroidered cotton fabric. Josep Antoni also had interests in railways and the Bank of Barcelona and was active in trade organisations and politics. He remained closely involved with

for further electrification in Prague. In 1917 his company overstretched itself financially and the bank formed it into a joint-stock company. Křižík lived in semi-retirement until his death aged 93 in 1941

hotel built in 1841, and was involved with several banks. By 1930 Maffei’s company had built 5,500 steam and electric locomotives, but it went into bankruptcy that year and in 1931 was amalgamated with the [...] Italian tobacco trader, and his first job was in his father’s business, but by 1835 he was involved in banking. He obtained sufficient capital to establish the engineering company J A Maffei in the Englischer

invested his earnings in other mines, steelworks and transport facilities. He lent money and acquired bankrupt businesses. Zinc production was at the heart of his fortune. The material was needed for making

merchant ships and a steamship service between Cádiz and Marseilles. His commercial interests included banking and insurance. He was also appointed senator for the province of Málaga. He was constructing a chemical

the Quarry Bank factory. They moved to Manchester, where they joined intellectual circles associated with the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. In 1800, they built Quarry Bank House next to [...] Hannah Greg (née Lightbody) and her husband Samuel Greg were the owners of Quarry Bank Mill at Styal near Manchester in north-west England. The water-powered cotton-spinning factory was built by Samuel [...] The Gregs business became one of the largest in the British cotton industry. In addition to Quarry Bank Mill, they owned other factories in north-west England, at Reddish, Calver, Bollington, Lancaster

trained. Jacques’ father died when he was 25 and he inherited enough money to buy equipment from a bankrupt jersey textile factory and set up independently. Soon after this he decided to emigrate to Germany [...] east Asia, Australia and the USA. In order to expand it attracted additional workers with a savings bank, health insurance scheme, dormitory accommodation and a holiday village. In the 1890s it built additional

share of Watt’s first patent, dated 1769. This might have made him extremely wealthy but he went bankrupt in 1773 and lost his share in the patent to Watt’s new business partner, Matthew Boulton. He continued

founded the private Enskilda bank in Stockholm. In the following years he took partnerships in other enterprises, including the Atlas engineering works, railway companies and the bank Skandinaviska Kreditak [...] of parliament and newspaper owner. André’s son Knut Agathon Wallenberg (1853-1938) led the Enskilda bank after his father’s death. He was also a politician and Swedish foreign minister during the First World [...] was Markus Laurentius Wallenberg (1864-1943) , who trained in law and joined the executive of the bank in 1892, then took over as chief executive when Knut retired in 1911. Markus was involved with the