Michael Schmitz is the deputy editor of Finance Friday. Before that, he served as a real estate agent, selling luxury homes, he now has a portfolio of homes worth $12 million!
Before the Medici family rose to power in the early 15th century, the Peruzzi family was one of Florence’s two premier banking families (alongside the Bardi) that helped pioneer the modern world of banking! Alongside Read more…
Although the Medici are today recognized as the most important banking dynasty to come out of Medieval Florence, before them the Bardi family were the most important bankers in Florence. Ruined by an unsecured loan Read more…
Most famous for their ownership of the Guinness Brewery, which they subsequently sold off, the Guinness family have become arguably one of the most powerful Anglo-Irish families in history, owing to their involvement in numerous Read more…