Gustav of Leon

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Gustav von Leon , until 1876: Gustav Leon , (born May 26, 1839 in Vienna , † February 16, 1898 there ) was an Austrian businessman and member of the Reichsrat .

Life

Gustav Leon was born on May 26, 1839 as the son of the kk priv. Wholesaler Jaques Leon, who came from one of the oldest Jewish families in Vienna, in the city of Vienna in what was then the Austrian Empire . Gustav was the first-born son of Jacques Leon; He was followed by August Leon (1841-1919), a later lawyer, and Julius Léon von Wernburg (1842-1927), a later textile industrialist. After completing the Schottengymnasium , he first joined the Vienna oil refinery, which had existed since 1811 and was acquired for the family by his ancestor August Leon in 1818. Subsequently, however, he founded a wholesaler affiliated with a bank as early as 1859, which, however, became the property of the Österreichische Volksbank in 1869. Then Leon devoted himself only to public tasks and only turned back to active business life in 1886 with the acquisition of the R. Ph. Waagner factory . The company, which originally only consisted of an iron foundry and a construction workshop, experienced a decisive and future-oriented path through the construction of bridges under Leon. From 1874 Leon was a member of the Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where he was primarily entrusted with tax, fee, credit and banking issues. Two years later he was raised to the Austrian nobility and from then on bore the name Gustav von Leon or Gustav Ritter von Leon . In 1885 he joined the Austrian Imperial Council as a non-party member , where he suggested the introduction of a stock exchange tax. After subsequent attacks, he resigned his mandate in 1889 and also resigned from the Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Grave of Gustav von Leon and his family in the Vienna Central Cemetery

After he was raised to the nobility in 1876, he was appointed to the Council of Commerce in 1880 . Gustav von Leon died on February 16, 1898 at the age of 58 in the Palais Léon at Schottenring 17 in Vienna, which was built according to plans by Heinrich von Ferstel between 1870 and 1873 and is now a listed building . He was buried in the family crypt in the old Israelite part of the Vienna Central Cemetery. After his death, his sons Jacques († September 20, 1904), Eugen († October 8, 1904) and Paul († January 18, 1905) converted the R. Ph. Waagner company into a stock corporation in 1899, with the participation of Österreichische Länderbank around. Paul Leon, one of the managing directors of this stock corporation, was also a member of the board of directors of the paper mill and publishing company "Elbemühl" and of the industrial council from 1903 and was a councilor for commerce and trade. Paul Leon also made an outstanding contribution to humanitarian issues, above all to the Vienna Voluntary Rescue Society. The wholesale house was continued after his death by his son Jacques and after his death it was continued by his sons. The name Jacques Leon Söhne is still known today.

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  1. ↑ Dream time for millionaires: The 929 richest Viennese in 1910 , accessed on December 30, 2016
  2. ↑ may have had more siblings , according to this party
personal data
SURNAME Leon, Gustav von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leon, Gustav (until 1876); Leon, Gustav Ritter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian businessman and member of the Reichsrat
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1898
Place of death Vienna , Austria-Hungary