Jean Francois Empain

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
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

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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