Édouard-Jean Empain

1937–2018 (age 81)

Biography

Édouard-Jean, 3rd Baron Empain (7 October 1937 – 21 June 2018)

was a French-Belgian industrialist, 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).

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