Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the leadup to the French Revolution in 1789.
Necker was born in Geneva, then an independent republic. His father, Karl Friedrich Necker, was a native of Kstrin in Neumark , and had, after the publication of some works on international law, been elected as professor of public law at Geneva, of which he became a citizen. Jacques Necker was sent to Paris in 1747 to become a clerk in the bank of Isaac Vernet, a friend of his father. By 1762 he was a partner and by 1765, through successful speculations, had become very wealthy. Soon, he cofounded, with another Genevese, the famous bank of Thellusson, Necker et Cie. Peter Thellusson superintended the bank in London , while Necker was managing partner in Paris. Both partners became very rich by loans to the treasury and speculations in grain.
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