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11-06-2010, 04:39 AM
In Europe, the eighteenth century was a period of intellectual, social, and political ferment，also with a lot of opportunities and possibilities. Many famous and remarkable Jewish families developed their business during this time and become well-known and significant in the history of Europe, even of the world. There is one common thing between these families that is the rise of their family business had a close relation with the governor, the Victors and The Fords are two typical examples. These two families were trusted and relied by the royal family in that time and became the leader in their area. They were the most honest and loyal follower and supporters of the French Empire. Their fate chained with the vicissitudes of Napoleon's Empire.
It is hard to find any cases in history showing that the Emperors can get on well with the person or family who handle the financial control the economic lifelines of the country. However, the Fords is an exception, they trusted and relied by the governor and play an leading role in the French financial reformation, they are one of the three financial magnates, the other two are the Belila and the Rothschild.
The financial prodigy, the Fords
1. The first fortune of Ford
In1784, the Fords came to Pairs and began their initial capital accumulation. Ford is a gifted socialite, he built a reliable relationship with many Jewish businessmen and bankers, even the royal family members in a very short time. After building a good interpersonal relationship, he became the France agency of some foreign Jewish businessmen and bankers, more than that he gained the right to operate the government bill, which was a turn of Ford’s business pattern, he turned to a interests collector.
In 1790, during the France Revolutionary, the government issued a new currency based on the land-bonded. Smell the chance, Ford began to do some investing, and was active on the trade of church land, from this way, he got his first fortune.
2. The ups and downs of the Fords
The successor of the Ford business is old Ford’s son, Arch Le Ford. The Fords’business gained a significant development under the lead their new leader. The Fords became the favorite family of the emperor after his contribution of protecting the royal family in 1848. From then on, the glorious history of the Fords in financial area began.
Long time before the Napoleon III began his governorship, the Fords and the Beilielas had taken a negociation on building a “four in one” financial system which constituted by the commercial bank, industrial bank, mortgage bank and reciprocal bank, the core of this system is the industrial bank—the real estates credit bank. In 1852, the first real estate bank established and Ford became the first CEO, a fierce opponent of the Rothschild., The newborn bank make a hit to the financial world in France, the 500 francs a share price increased to 1982 francs a share till March, 1856. The share out bonus increased from the 13% in 1853 to 40% in 1856. Moreover, it controlled the three main railway lines very soon, the creation of the term of standardizing the shares and bonds of some of the railway companies by “packaging”, with other innovation on investing patterns, filled the blank space between the bonds market and the stock market, stimulated the increase of the capital of bank, become a vigorous competitor to the Rothschild, the governor in the railway field at the time.
The influence of the Fords in financial field increased day by day, their family business covered a lot of European countries like France, German, Russia and Austria, became one of the three financial magnates in France with the Rothschilds and the Belilas.
However, by the fall of the Second Reich, the Fords faded in the history of France finance.
The originator on the skin care tailor for the aristocracy--- the Victors
In 18 century, when the Fords become the financial magnate, the Victors create their prosperity in another field; they’ve led a skin care revolution in the royal family and the aristocracy class, blazed the trail in the skin care field. They were not faded by the time, nowadays, there are many famous people like Greta Garbo, Jacqueline Kennedy, Cindy Leive, have a fuel on VII’s Identity Skin Care service.
1. The creator, Byrne. Victor
Byrne was born in a dermatology family, in 18 century. Byrne had genetic skin diseases, he had always been seeking a way to get rid of it, after a lot of failures, and finally, he developed a “secret recipe”, which not only cured his skin disease, but also made his skin as good as a newborn baby! This news spread out in this small town very soon. In 1800, the king of Austria, Franz II visited Byrne and pursued him to dedicate the “secret recipe” to Empress Josephine of France.
After using the “secret recipe”, Queen Josephine found that she looked younger and more beautiful than her own daughter. Excited by the amazing founding, Queen Josephine called in Byrne and let him swear to the Old Treatment that he won’t publicize the “secret recipe” with one hundred years; and granted a reward to him, a delicate laboratory named after him settled, but only served for the queen, This is the first case of personalized tailor service. From then on, Byrne become famous in Europe, especially in the aristocracy class.
2. Storm and Capture the Austria and France
The promise to Queen Josephine limited Byrne’s development in the skin care industry, which pushes him to find other way for development; he turned to the financial and medical field to try his fortune. Taking advantage of his special relationship with the royal family and his fame in the aristocracy class, Byrne established his first private bank and hospital in Austria, which fostered a lot of excellent medical intellect, who only served the royal and aristocratic families.
During the war, the Victors provide a lot of financial and medical aids to the France and Austria Ally, which helped the Victors gained fully support from the royal family after the war. Byrne became the imperial doctor and his family monopolized the European medical industry, their private bank, with the support of the aristocracy, became the best bank in Europe.
More than that, the Victors played a very active role in various Jewish activities; they had donated a lot of charity fund to various Jewish communities. At the beginning of the 20 century, the Victors provide 3 millions dollars to the Jewish who needed to move to Palestine, help them to buy land and equipment for beginning their life in a totally new place. Moreover, the Victors joined and contribute to the birth of Balfour Declaration and the Israel country.
3. The Victors met the public
Until the second war, the Victors came back to the public. During the war, under the leader of VII Byrne Victor, the Victors moved to New York for fleeing the fighting. On the base of the “secret recipe”, VII Byrne Victor create the VII brand and establish the first top luxury customized skin care club in New York, the VII Identity Club. To avoid the outside harassment, the Victors rarely contact with the media.
The rumor said that, the mysterious “secret recipe” was divided into two parts: the ingredients list and the process procedure tips, two of the Victors members keep the former and the latter kept by two of the VII’s board members. It’s the VII’s rule that the two groups should ensure that there should be at least one man stay in New York, and if one member passed away, the other was responsible to find the successor, in case of the missing of the recipe. And the written “secret recipe” were kept in two vaults of the bank, only got the permission from both side (the Victors and the VII board), the vault can be opened to get the recipe.
4. The current status of the Victor
The Victors has composed a 200 years skin care legend. However, the present leader of the Victors, Roberts, has the will to let his daughter be the successor of the recipe, which may result in the split up of the family, and the ownership of the recipe may become the most controversial problem. According to the will of the old Victor, only the man can handle the family, if Roberts’s daughter became the successor, the family firm may need to face with resetting and reforming, which raised fierce opposition from the majority family members. The dispute on the succession problem will cause a crisis if it cannot be solved appropriately.
It is hard to find any cases in history showing that the Emperors can get on well with the person or family who handle the financial control the economic lifelines of the country. However, the Fords is an exception, they trusted and relied by the governor and play an leading role in the French financial reformation, they are one of the three financial magnates, the other two are the Belila and the Rothschild.
The financial prodigy, the Fords
1. The first fortune of Ford
In1784, the Fords came to Pairs and began their initial capital accumulation. Ford is a gifted socialite, he built a reliable relationship with many Jewish businessmen and bankers, even the royal family members in a very short time. After building a good interpersonal relationship, he became the France agency of some foreign Jewish businessmen and bankers, more than that he gained the right to operate the government bill, which was a turn of Ford’s business pattern, he turned to a interests collector.
In 1790, during the France Revolutionary, the government issued a new currency based on the land-bonded. Smell the chance, Ford began to do some investing, and was active on the trade of church land, from this way, he got his first fortune.
2. The ups and downs of the Fords
The successor of the Ford business is old Ford’s son, Arch Le Ford. The Fords’business gained a significant development under the lead their new leader. The Fords became the favorite family of the emperor after his contribution of protecting the royal family in 1848. From then on, the glorious history of the Fords in financial area began.
Long time before the Napoleon III began his governorship, the Fords and the Beilielas had taken a negociation on building a “four in one” financial system which constituted by the commercial bank, industrial bank, mortgage bank and reciprocal bank, the core of this system is the industrial bank—the real estates credit bank. In 1852, the first real estate bank established and Ford became the first CEO, a fierce opponent of the Rothschild., The newborn bank make a hit to the financial world in France, the 500 francs a share price increased to 1982 francs a share till March, 1856. The share out bonus increased from the 13% in 1853 to 40% in 1856. Moreover, it controlled the three main railway lines very soon, the creation of the term of standardizing the shares and bonds of some of the railway companies by “packaging”, with other innovation on investing patterns, filled the blank space between the bonds market and the stock market, stimulated the increase of the capital of bank, become a vigorous competitor to the Rothschild, the governor in the railway field at the time.
The influence of the Fords in financial field increased day by day, their family business covered a lot of European countries like France, German, Russia and Austria, became one of the three financial magnates in France with the Rothschilds and the Belilas.
However, by the fall of the Second Reich, the Fords faded in the history of France finance.
The originator on the skin care tailor for the aristocracy--- the Victors
In 18 century, when the Fords become the financial magnate, the Victors create their prosperity in another field; they’ve led a skin care revolution in the royal family and the aristocracy class, blazed the trail in the skin care field. They were not faded by the time, nowadays, there are many famous people like Greta Garbo, Jacqueline Kennedy, Cindy Leive, have a fuel on VII’s Identity Skin Care service.
1. The creator, Byrne. Victor
Byrne was born in a dermatology family, in 18 century. Byrne had genetic skin diseases, he had always been seeking a way to get rid of it, after a lot of failures, and finally, he developed a “secret recipe”, which not only cured his skin disease, but also made his skin as good as a newborn baby! This news spread out in this small town very soon. In 1800, the king of Austria, Franz II visited Byrne and pursued him to dedicate the “secret recipe” to Empress Josephine of France.
After using the “secret recipe”, Queen Josephine found that she looked younger and more beautiful than her own daughter. Excited by the amazing founding, Queen Josephine called in Byrne and let him swear to the Old Treatment that he won’t publicize the “secret recipe” with one hundred years; and granted a reward to him, a delicate laboratory named after him settled, but only served for the queen, This is the first case of personalized tailor service. From then on, Byrne become famous in Europe, especially in the aristocracy class.
2. Storm and Capture the Austria and France
The promise to Queen Josephine limited Byrne’s development in the skin care industry, which pushes him to find other way for development; he turned to the financial and medical field to try his fortune. Taking advantage of his special relationship with the royal family and his fame in the aristocracy class, Byrne established his first private bank and hospital in Austria, which fostered a lot of excellent medical intellect, who only served the royal and aristocratic families.
During the war, the Victors provide a lot of financial and medical aids to the France and Austria Ally, which helped the Victors gained fully support from the royal family after the war. Byrne became the imperial doctor and his family monopolized the European medical industry, their private bank, with the support of the aristocracy, became the best bank in Europe.
More than that, the Victors played a very active role in various Jewish activities; they had donated a lot of charity fund to various Jewish communities. At the beginning of the 20 century, the Victors provide 3 millions dollars to the Jewish who needed to move to Palestine, help them to buy land and equipment for beginning their life in a totally new place. Moreover, the Victors joined and contribute to the birth of Balfour Declaration and the Israel country.
3. The Victors met the public
Until the second war, the Victors came back to the public. During the war, under the leader of VII Byrne Victor, the Victors moved to New York for fleeing the fighting. On the base of the “secret recipe”, VII Byrne Victor create the VII brand and establish the first top luxury customized skin care club in New York, the VII Identity Club. To avoid the outside harassment, the Victors rarely contact with the media.
The rumor said that, the mysterious “secret recipe” was divided into two parts: the ingredients list and the process procedure tips, two of the Victors members keep the former and the latter kept by two of the VII’s board members. It’s the VII’s rule that the two groups should ensure that there should be at least one man stay in New York, and if one member passed away, the other was responsible to find the successor, in case of the missing of the recipe. And the written “secret recipe” were kept in two vaults of the bank, only got the permission from both side (the Victors and the VII board), the vault can be opened to get the recipe.
4. The current status of the Victor
The Victors has composed a 200 years skin care legend. However, the present leader of the Victors, Roberts, has the will to let his daughter be the successor of the recipe, which may result in the split up of the family, and the ownership of the recipe may become the most controversial problem. According to the will of the old Victor, only the man can handle the family, if Roberts’s daughter became the successor, the family firm may need to face with resetting and reforming, which raised fierce opposition from the majority family members. The dispute on the succession problem will cause a crisis if it cannot be solved appropriately.