Early Life
His mother died when Henri Story was one year old and five years later his father also dies. Together with his three sisters he is raised by his grandmother, Marie Voortman. He attends the Institut de Gand but early during World War I, from 1915 until 1918 he serves in the war, and in 1918 he serves in the occupational force in Germany. After his return to Belgium, he starts working in the family business in and serves in several mandates in companies such as the Financière Industrielle Belge, de NV Louisiane, de Union Cotonnière, Brufina en de Banque de Bruxelles. He becomes director-general of the Filature Renson and treasurer of the Ghent Chamber of Commerce.
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