When people talk about the richest individuals today, names like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, or Mark Zuckerberg dominate the headlines. But there's one dynasty that has quietly amassed wealth, power, and ...

The family descends from Mayer Amschel Rothschild, a Frankfurt-based banker. He established international banking businesses through his five sons in the 1760s and, within Austria, the family was ...

Mayer Amschel Rothschild, original architect of the family fortune, was born in 1744. He lived above the family shop with up to 30 relatives in extremely cramped conditions. Source: The House of ...

Patriarch Mayer Amschel Rothschild had such a tremendous impact on international banking that Forbes in 2005 named him to its list of 20 most Influential Businessmen. Rothschild died in 1812.

Today is Thursday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2006 with 311 to follow. Mayer Amschel Rothschild (23 February 1744 – 19 September 1812) was the founder of the Rothschild family international ...

The Rothschilds' story begins in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt, Germany, where Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the patriarch of the family, made his mark in the 18th century as a banker to the elite.

Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812) grew up in Frankfurt's Judengasse, the narrow lane where the city's 3,000 Jewish residents were confined to live. Conditions were overcrowded and harsh.

The greatest of these financial adepts was Mayer Amschel Rothschild, born in 1744 in a Jewish slum of Frankfurt. Not much is known about his early life, as his was one of tens of thousands of ...

The ubiquity with which the Rothschilds appear in antisemitic conspiracy theories can make it hard to see them as people. Scions of the banking dynasty Mayer Amschel Rothschild founded in the late ...