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Édouard-Jean, 3rd Baron Empain (born 7 October 1937), is 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).〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title= Schneider Electric, 170 Years of History )〕 The Baron is the son of Jean, 2nd Baron Empain, and the grandson of Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain. He married the Italian Silvana Betuzzi in 1957 by whom he has two daughters and a son, they were divorced shortly after Empain's kidnapping. He lives in the suburbs of Paris with his second wife Jacqueline (née Ragonaux), a former model, whom he married in 1990.〔''()'', ''Le Soir'', 24 September 1990.〕 == The kidnapping == At the time of his kidnapping, Édouard-Jean Empain was the 40-year-old heir to a substantial fortune, a notable industrialist and director of the Schneider group since 1969. He was one of France's captains of industry, heading a group that comprised almost 150 companies, 130.000 employees with an annual turnover of 25 billion francs. Notable members of the Schneider Group included Framatome (nuclear reactors), Creusot-Loire (metallurgy) and Spie Batignolles (construction). His kidnapping profoundly affected him and he declared that he has never been the same since.〔According to Édouard-Jean Empain in the documentary ''L'Enlèvement du baron Empain'' - « Faites entrer l'accusé » (2005).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Édouard-Jean Empain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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