The Rothschild family is the most famous of all European banking dynasties and has influenced the political and economic history of the continent for around 200 years.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild and his five sons, who rose to prominence in the 18th century, established bank branches in London, Paris, Naples and Vienna.
Following the announcement of the death of Lord Jacob Rothschild, aged 87, MailOnline takes a look at what happened to the richest living members of the banking dynasty and where they are now.
Lord Rothschild, who had four children, including financier Nat Rothschild, began his career at the family bank in 1963 and founded Windmill Hill Asset Management to manage the family’s philanthropic portfolio.
He then co-founded the then J Rothschild Assurance Group, now St James’s Place, with Sir Mark Weinberg in 1980.
During his career, Lord Rothschild held positions including vice-chairman of the then BSkyB Television and was also chairman of the board of trustees of the National Gallery.
Lord Jacob Rothschild has died at the age of 87, it was announced today
James Amschel Victor Rothschild
James Rothschild, 38, is the son of the late Amschel Rothschild and Anita Patience Guinness of the Guinness family. His net worth is estimated to be around £1.5 billion.
He was born and raised in London and worked in the family business Rothschild and Co, before moving into property investment.
He is founder and partner of Tru Arrow Partners, an investment firm for a global collective of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs.
James is married to Nicky Hilton, sister of socialite Paris Hilton, and together they have three children, two daughters and a son.
The couple met at Petra Ecclestone and James Stunt’s wedding in Italy in 2011 and became engaged in 2014, before marrying in 2015 at The Orangery, Kensington Palace Gardens in London.
Nicky Hilton Rothschild and James Rothschild, pictured here at the God’s Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards in New York in October 2022, married in London in 2015.
David Mayer de Rothschild
David Rothschild, 45, is the youngest of three children of Victoria Schott and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. It is estimated that he has a net worth of around £8 billion.
David is a British environmentalist, film producer and adventurer and also heir to the Rothschild fortune.
In 2006, he spent more than 100 days crossing the Arctic from Russia to Canada and became one of 42 people to ever reach those two geographic points.
He launched a website called Mission Control that same year, with the aim of inspiring children and young people with his expeditions and adventures.
In the late 2000s, David launched a mission to raise awareness about the Pacific garbage patch.
He invented a new form of sustainable boat called Plastiki, which aimed to reuse PET in a unique way.
The Plastiki sailed across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney and successfully completed its voyage on July 26, 2010.
David Mayer de Rothschild, seen at the United Nations headquarters in New York in June 2015, is estimated to have a net worth of around £8 billion.
Alicia Miranda Rothschild
Alice Rothschild is the second daughter of the late mayor of Amschel, James de Rothschild, and Anita Patience Guinness, of the Guinness family.
Alice married Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith in 2013 and together they have nine-year-old daughter Dolly, son Max and daughter Edie.
Her relationship with Mr Goldsmith began in 2006. At the time she was Lord Goldsmith’s sister-in-law, while her brother Ben was married to Alice’s sister Kate.
Kate and Ben broke up in 2012 after Kate allegedly had an affair with American rapper Jay Electronica.
Former Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith, now a member of the House of Lords, and Alice Rothschild married in 2013; The couple is pictured at the V&A Museum in London in June 2022.
Olivia de Rothschild
Student heiress Olivia de Rothschild is seen playing an important role in the family business.
She is the daughter of the late thrill-seeking banker Benjamin de Rothschild, who died in 2021 at age 57, and his wife Ariane.
Olivia, who studies at IE Business School in Madrid, was just 19 years old when she was said to be attending several meetings in 2022 at House of Caron, a luxury perfume brand bought by her mother four years earlier.
The budding businesswoman was there to “learn the ropes” before launching her own perfume, Musc Oli, inspired by her nickname.
He has also designed a bottle for the company’s Aimez-Moi Comme Je Suis fragrance.
Family business: Olivia de Rothschild, 19, left, daughter of the late banker Benjamin de Rothschild and his wife Ariane, has taken a keen interest in one of the family businesses.
Ariane de Rothschild
Olivia’s mother Ariane married into the Rothschild banking dynasty when she married Benjamin in January 1999 and is credited with promoting their success.
Benjamin, heir to a $2.5 billion fortune, died of a heart attack at the couple’s home at Château de Pregny, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, in January 2021.
Ariane met him in Manhattan in the 1990s and was wooed with a dozen red roses sent to his dealer’s desk.
The Baroness later became very involved in the bank which came under the control of her husband when he was only 34 years old.
Ariane, whose real name was Ariane Langner, previously enjoyed a global childhood in El Salvador, Bangladesh and Colombia thanks to her father’s work as a senior executive at an international pharmaceutical company.
Meanwhile, the Edmond de Rothschild Group was founded in 1953 by Edmond de Rothschild, Benjamin’s influential father.
Headquartered in Geneva, the group began as a financial institution specializing in private banking and asset management before encompassing the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations, the Edmond de Rothschild Heritage lifestyle brand, including fine wines and cheeses, hotels and restaurants deluxe.
He has also sponsored the Gitana Team, a professional sailing team.
Ariane de Rothschild has embraced the high-society revelry that comes with the family name: pictured at the Azzedine Alaia Perfum launch party in Paris in 2015.