Société Générale founded in Paris
- When
- 1864
- Where
- downtown Paris
- Episodes
- 1
Société Générale is a French multinational universal bank and financial services company founded in 1864 by a group of industrialists and financiers during the Second Empire, on 4 May 1864. It is registered in downtown Paris.
Episodes
Background and detail
Founding. The bank was founded on 4 May 1864 during the Second French Empire. The founders were a group of industrialists and financiers. The specific purpose of financing French industry is not explicitly stated in the provided passages, so it is omitted.
Location. Société Générale is registered in downtown Paris. This location is the only place explicitly supported by the passages for the founding event. The headquarters in La Défense is a later development not relevant to the 1864 founding.
People involved
- Industrialists and financiers · Founders
Sources
- Société Générale Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
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