Jean Francois Empain
Born5 June 1964
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
NationalityBelgian
OccupationInternet entrepreneur
Known forHelvetic Clinics.
TitleBaron
Spouse(s)Veronique Rousselin (1990–2000)
Anne Simond (2018)
ChildrenPhilippine and Morgane
Parent(s)Édouard-Jean Empain, Silvana Betuzzi

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]

Personal life

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

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

  1. ↑ "Édouard-Jean Empain, le baron au doigt coupé, est décédé". RTL.fr.
  2. ↑ http://www.dhnet.be/actu/faits/les-dernieres-paroles-du-baron-empain-il-faut-sortir-gagnant-de-cette-impasse-5b2bf28355326301e7a94af1c
  3. ↑ "Case study: Helvetic Clinic moves into the top 10 dental clinics in Hungary". 2016-10-10.
  4. ↑ "Barons EMPAIN".
  5. ↑ "Who's who in Europe".
  6. ↑ "Il y a 40 ans le rapt du baron Empain défrayait la chronique". FIGARO (in French). 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  7. ↑ According to Édouard-Jean Empain in the documentary L'Enlèvement du baron Empain – « Faites entrer l'accusé » (2005).
  8. ↑ Michel Bôle-Richard, Les désillusions du baron perdu, Le Monde, 28 juillet 2006.
  9. ↑ Message from the kidnappers to RTL on the 24 janvier 1978, document Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL).
  10. ↑ D'après le commissaire André Bizeul de la brigade criminelle dans le documentaire L'Enlèvement du baron Empain – « Faites entrer l'accusé » (2005).
  11. ↑ "Empain – Chaker Sàrl".
  12. ↑ "IdeActiv, 600 millions de francs à miser dans des start-up". 4 January 2000.
  13. ↑ "Hot New Traders of 1994" by Reerink, Jack, Szala, Ginger – Modern Trader, Vol. 23, Issue 11, October 1994".
  14. ↑ "Helvetic Dental Clinics Budapest was named "Best of Budapest & Hungary" in "Health and Medical Services" category".
  15. ↑ "Diplomacy & Trade - business-sectors | news | the-smile-is-the-result". Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  16. ↑ "Kidnapping of Baron Empain. Ses enfants Christine, Patricia et Jean".
  17. ↑ "Généalogie de Jean-François EMPAIN".
  18. ↑ "Jean-francois EMPAIN – Dirigeant de la société Sci du Cedre – BFMBusiness.com". dirigeants.bfmtv.com.
  19. ↑ "Bloomberg – Are you a robot?". Bloomberg News. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  20. ↑ "Company information". Helvetic-clinics.co.uk. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  21. ↑ "Dental clinics – The Clinic Ranking & Scores by GCR". Globalclinicrating.com. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  22. ↑ "Interview Helvetic Clinics, clinique dentaire à Budapest". Kelclinic.com. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  23. ↑ "Dropbox – Error" (PDF). Dropbox.
  24. ↑ "Dropbox – Error". Dropbox.
  25. ↑ "Dropbox – Error". Dropbox.
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