Henrik Lévay
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Henrik Lévay | |
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 Henrik Lévay in 1887 | |
| Born | April 16, 1826 |
| Died | December 15, 1901 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Financier |
| Known for | Establishing the First Hungarian General Insurance Company |
Baron Henrik Lévay de Kistelek (Hungarian: kisteleki báró Lévay Henrik; Jánoshalma, 16 April 1826 – Budapest, 15 December 1901) was a Hungarian businessman. By establishing the First Hungarian General Insurance Company (Első Magyar Általános Biztosító Társaság) in 1857, he introduced the insurance industry in Hungary (then part of the Austrian Empire).
The second son of József Lévay (d. 1862) and Mária Herczel (d. 1858), Henrik was born into a Jewish family in Jánoshalma in the southern part of the Kingdom of Hungary.[1] He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and fought as a lieutenant in the revolutionary Hungarian Defence Forces. After the fall of the revolution, he was employed by the Riunione Adriatice insurance company.[2] He married Róza Sárkány on 5 September 1852.[3]
