Timeline

200 Years of History and Experience

The history of the Stern family and its banks is the result of successful entrepreneurship, continuous innovation and astute investment from 1805 up to today

Please navigate along the timeline to see important chapters of our history to the present day.

  • 1805

    1805

    Jakob Stern establishes Bankhaus
    Jakob S.H. Stern & Co. in Frankfurt

  • 1832

    1832

    Abraham and Leopold Stern, constitute A.J. Stern & Cie. in Paris, later to be Banque Stern.

  • 1844

    1844

    David and Hermann Stern set up Stern Brothers & Co. in London

  • 1856

    1856

    A.J. Stern & Cie. co-founds Banque Impériale Ottomane (later Is Bank).

  • 1864

    1864

    Stern Brothers raises the first Turkish state loan

  • 1868

    1868

    A consortium led by A.J. Stern & Cie, Stern Brothers and Jakob S.H. Stern gain a 15-year concession for the Italian tobacco monopoly

  • 1872

    1872

    Jacques Stern co-founding partner of Banque de Paris (later Paribas)

  • 1880

    1880

    Stern Brothers takes a stake in the Panama Canal

  • 1889

    1889

    Jakob S. H. Stern co-founds Deutsch Asiatische Bank

  • 1938

    1938

    Forced sale of Bankhaus Jakob S. H. Stern

  • 1988

    1988

    Sale of Banque Stern to Société de Banque Suisse

  • 2012

    2012

    Foundation of  J. Stern & Co. in London.

  • 2018

    2018

    J. Stern & Co. move into new offices at 4 Carlton Gardens, London.

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