Bank Leu
![Share of the AG Leu & Co., issued 9. June 1906](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/AG_Leu_%26_Co.1906.jpg)
The bank was founded in 1758 as Leu et Compagnie, named after its founder, Johann Jacob Leu, who later became mayor of Zürich. Originally a state-owned bank, it was privatized in 1798 after Napoleon conquered Switzerland; the bank's officials did not want its assets to be taken over by Napoleon's new client state, the Helvetic Republic. In 1854, it incorporated as Leu & Co. after more than a century as a limited partnership. It became a public limited company () in 1969.
Despite having many distinguished customers over the years (at one point, it was Maria Theresa's banker), two major scandals in the 1980s eventually cost the bank its independence. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1967
Superior document: Sammlung Walter Niggeler Auktion in Basel 4
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Published: 1966
Superior document: Sammlung Walter Niggeler Auktion in Basel 2
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Published: 1967
Superior document: Sammlung Walter Niggeler Auktion in Basel 3
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Published: 1965
Superior document: Sammlung Walter Niggeler Auktion in Basel 1
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Published: 1984-1985