Necker

American  

[nek-er, ne-ker] / ˈnɛk ər, nɛˈkɛr /

noun

1. Jacques 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.

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Necker British  

/ nɛkɛr, ˈnɛkə /

noun

1. Jacques (ʒak). 1732–1804, French financier and statesman, born in Switzerland; finance minister of France (1777–81; 1788–90). He attempted to reform the fiscal system and in 1789 he recommended summoning the States General. His subsequent dismissal was one of the causes of the storming of the Bastille (1789)

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Example Sentences

British billionaire Richard Branson wrote to Epstein in September 2013, after hosting him on Necker Island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

As part of his travel empire, the British entrepreneur of Virgin Group fame owns Necker Island, a 74-acre slice of apparent paradise in the British Virgin Islands.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

They married 13 years later, on the private Necker Island in the Caribbean, which Branson had bought in the late 1970s for $180,000 and where they have lived for decades.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

The couple married on Necker island, owned by Sir Richard, in the Caribbean and had three children, Holly, Sam, and Clare Sarah, who died after four days.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

M. Necker has published a state of the French finances, much to his honor and their credit.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various