Julius Petschek (14 March 1856 – 22 January 1932) was an industrialist of Jewish origin in Austria-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia.
[2] He and his brothers Isidor and Ignaz played an important role in the coal industry of the young Czechoslovakia.
[3] Their concern controlled also 30% of the German and in total almost 50% of the European brown coal mining industry in the years after World War I.
Julius is known for commissioning the bank's Petschek Palace in Prague that was used by the Gestapo in World War II.
[5] Julius Petschek died in Prague on 22 January 1932 and is buried at the New Jewish Cemetery.