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The Rothschild family (/ ˈ r ɒ θ (s) tʃ aɪ l d / ROTH(S)-chylde German: [ˈʁoːt.ʃɪlt]) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family originally from Frankfurt.The family's documented history starts in 16th-century Frankfurt; its name is derived from the family house, Rothschild, built by Isaak Elchanan Bacharach in Frankfurt in 1567.
Rothschild & Co is a multinational private and alternative assets investor, headquartered in Paris, France and London, United Kingdom.It is the flagship of the Rothschild banking group controlled by the British and French branches of the Rothschild family.
RIT Capital Partners plc, formerly Rothschild Investment Trust, is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in quoted securities and quoted special situations. Established in 1961, the company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index .
The Rothschild family, arguably America's most elite, possessed the largest private fortune in the world during the 19th century. The family's wealth declined over the 20th century and was divided ...
Cambridge Associates, a US investment firm with more than US$38 billion of assets, has applied for multiple licences to conduct business in Hong Kong with an eye on wealthy clients in the Greater ...
Founded in 1953, the Edmond de Rothschild Group has more than 170 billion francs in assets under management and 1.1 billion francs in revenue, it said. Family plans to take Swiss bank Edmond de ...
The family's accumulated wealth has been divided among many descendants, only one of which (Benjamin de Rothschild) was officially recognized as a billionaire. Determining the family's exact wealth has been deemed implausible; [ 58 ] conspiracy theories claiming the family is worth trillions of dollars have not been proven.
Through their collaborative efforts, the Rothschilds rose to prominence in a variety of banking endeavors including loans, government bonds and trading in bullion.Their financing afforded investment opportunities and during the 19th century, they became major stakeholders in large-scale mining and rail transport ventures that were fundamental to the rapidly expanding industrial economies of ...