Alexis Pillet-Will
| Alexis Pillet-Will | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1805 Lausanne |
| Died |
9 April 1871 Brussels |
| Occupation | Banker |
Alexis Pillet-Will, full name Hyacinthe-Louis-Alexis-Constantin Pillet-Will, (1805 – 9 April 1871) was a 19th-century French banker.
Career
The son of Michel-Frédéric Pillet-Will, cofounder and vice-president of the Caisse d’épargne de Paris in 1858 and regent of the Banque de France (13th siege), knighted by the King of Sardinia in 1833, and of Françoise-Élisabeth Will, a daughter of the banker Philippe-Louis Will, [1] Alexis Pillet-Will was appointed administrator then director of the Caisse d'épargne in 1863 and regent of the Banque de France after his father.
In 1834 he married Louise Roulin (?-1878) who held a salon and for whom Gioachino Rossini composed the Petite messe solennelle in 1863 at the suggestion of her husband Alexis.
Their son, Frédéric Pillet-Will, would in turn become director of the Caisse d'épargne de Paris in 1871 and regent of the Banque de France.
While Michel-Frédéric Pillet died leaving a legacy of 15 million francs [2] (11 million once removed interest income), Alexis raised them to 23 million eleven years later. [3]
References
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- ↑ Alain Ruiz, Présence de l'Allemagne à Bordeaux: du siècle de Montaigne à la veille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale : hommage au Goethe-Institut de Bordeaux, à l'occasion de son 25e anniversaire, Goethe-Institut de Bordeaux, Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 1997.
- ↑ Alain Plessis, Régents et gouverneurs de la Banque de France, (p. 99)