Guido Elbogen

Guido Elbogen (27 December 1845 – 10 December 1918) was an Austrian banker and mathematician who became President of the Anglo-Austrian Bank.

Early life He was born into a Jewish family on 27 December 1845 in Mladá Boleslav in Bohemia, Austrian Empire (now in the Czech Republic). Of the children of Rabbi Isak Elbogen and his wife Friederike (née Pokorny) he was the only one to survive beyond infancy.

Career After studying at the Academy of Commerce in Prague, Elbogen entered the banking business at the Ladenburg Bank in London, before moving to Paris where he joined Oppenheim, Alberti and Co, Elbogen made at least 15 business trips to Spain, representing the interests of French banks, including the Bank of Paris,

In 1865, Elbogen submitted a proposal for a lottery savings bank, an idea that was taken up in Italy in 1880 and debated in the Italian Parliament, but was not approved.

Publications Lotto oder Sparcassen (1880), H Engel. (with Alie Elbogen) Der Großeltern Vermächtnis (1904), Engel und Sohn.

Personal life

In 1868, in Paris, he married Rosalie (Alie), daughter of banker Antoine Schwabacher and his wife Helene, née Hendle.

Elbogen and his family moved to Vienna when he joined the Anglo-Austrian Bank; he also bought a country estate, Schloss Thalheim, in Lower Austria.

They had three daughters and a son: Antoinette (1871–1901) Heinrich (also known as Henri, 1872–1927) Helene (1878–1882) Jenny (1882–1957) who married Friedrich Weleminsky. She inherited Schloss Thalheim from her father.

Death Elbogen died on 10 December 1918 at Schloss Thalheim, aged 72. He is buried at Vienna Central Cemetery.