Octave Homberg

Octave Marie Joseph Kérim Homberg, Jr. (19 January 1876 – 9 July 1941) was a French diplomat, author, and financier.

[1] He was born on 19 January 1876 in Paris, France to Octave Homberg, Sr. [fr] (1844-1907).

[1] During World War I he appealed to the United States for loans and participated in the 1915 Anglo-French Financial Commission.

He headed the Commission of Bankers and Economists in France in 1917.

[2] In 1920 he founded the Société financière française et coloniale, which he led until early 1931.

Basil Phillott Blackett , Octave Homberg and Ernest Mallet arriving in New York City to appeal for financial aid in 1915.