Édouard-Jean Empain

Édouard-Jean Empain
Born
Édouard-Jean Empain

(1937-10-07)7 October 1937
Budapest, Hungary
Died21 June 2018(2018-06-21) (aged 80)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench-Belgian
OccupationIndustrialist
TitleBaron
Spouse(s)Silvana Betuzzi (1957–1978)
Jacqueline Ragonaux (m. 1990)
Children3

Édouard-Jean, 3rd Baron Empain (7 October 1937 – 21 June 2018)[1] was a French-Belgian industrialist. He was best known by the general public for his kidnapping in 1978.

Between 1969 and 1981, Baron Empain was CEO of the Schneider group (Schneider-Empain).[2]

On 23 January 1978, Baron Empain, was picked up as usual from his home.[3] The car was later blocked and several armed men removed the driver from the vehicle and bundled him into the van, while the Baron was quickly handcuffed and the kidnappers made off in his car. He would be released two months later to police officials in March. The kidnappers were arrested.

Baron Empain died in Paris on 21 June 2018 from thyroid cancer, aged 80.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ DH.be. "Décès du baron Édouard-Jean Empain à qui les ravisseurs coupèrent une phalange dans les années 70". www.dhnet.be.
  2. ↑ "Schneider Electric, 170 Years of History" (PDF). Schneider Electric (see pages 7/8).
  3. ↑ According to the documentary L'Enlèvement du baron Empain - « Faites entrer l'accusé » (2005).
  4. ↑ "Baron Edouard-Jean Empain (76) is overleden". www.demorgen.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Décès du baron Édouard-Jean Empain à qui les ravisseurs coupèrent une phalange dans les années 70" (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2018.