Piotr Fergusson Tepper

Piotr Fergusson Tepper (1713–1794) was a Polish banker of German burgher origin,[1] merchant and industrial entrepreneur.

[1][2] Piotr Fergusson Tepper of Warsaw was the wealthiest banker in the second half of 18th century Poland.

[2] Tepper was the owner of a trading house and of landed estates in Mazovia and Volhynia.

[2] The principal lender of King Stanisław August Poniatowski and of the Treasury of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in 1793 Tepper became bankrupt, along with several other Polish banks.

[2] Piotr Fergusson Tepper was fatally wounded during disturbances at the time of the Kościuszko Insurrection, after his trading and banking house at Miodowa Street was plundered.