Piotr Fergusson Tepper (1713âÂÂ1794) was a Polish banker of German burgher origin, merchant and industrial entrepreneur.
Piotr Fergusson Tepper of Warsaw was the wealthiest banker in the second half of 18th century Poland. Tepper was the owner of a trading house and of landed estates in Mazovia and Volhynia. The principal lender of King Stanisà Âaw August Poniatowski and of the Treasury of the PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth, in 1793 Tepper became bankrupt, along with several other Polish banks. Piotr Fergusson Tepper was fatally wounded during disturbances at the time of the Koà Âciuszko Insurrection, after his trading and banking house at Miodowa Street was plundered. He is buried at Powàzki Evangelical Cemetery in Warsaw.