Today, the Rothschild name is a virtual synonym for wealth and societal influence. Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812) was born into modest circumstances in Frankfurt's Jewish quarter.

The Rothschild dynasty is, without a doubt, the pioneer of international finance. Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the first of the family to open a bank, was honored by Forbes as the seventh most ...

Rising to prominence in the 1700s, Mayer Amschel Rothschild and his five sons established banking branches in London, Paris, Naples and Vienna. Following the announcement of the death of Lord ...

For all their differences, the two sides share a common history that goes back to Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who founded a financial empire in Frankfurt and sent four of his five sons in the early ...

LONDON — More than 200 years ago a German banker, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, sent his five sons to different European cities to guarantee the survival of what became one of the most prominent ...

Today, the Rothschild name is a virtual synonym for wealth and societal influence. Investopedia / Sabrina Jiang Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812) was born into modest circumstances in ...