Just say the name “Rothschild” and you’ll open any conversation up to a world of wealth, power, and dynastic conspiracy theories.
And there is no doubt — the family pioneered international finance as we know it.
This is the story of how the generations that started the dynasty managed such a feat.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the first of the family to open a bank, was honored by Forbes as the seventh-most influential businessman of all time and the inventor of modern banking who introduced “concepts such as diversification, rapid communication, confidentiality, and high volume.”
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