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 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.

Tracing its roots back to a lender in Frankfurt run by Mayer Amschel Rothschild in the 1760s, the firm grew into a multinational bank that helped finance England’s defeat of Napoleon at the ...