A fourth generation banker, Emilio Botin turned a small family-owned bank in northern Spain into one of the largest banks not just in the world! And he did this with little more than a strong vision and hard work. Early Life Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola García de los Ríos was Read more…
An early advocate of central banking in the US – a country famed for its disdain for such a concept as it was “too British” – Paul Warburg led a group of bankers including the famed J. P. Morgan to create the Federal Reserve. And whilst not perfect by any Read more…
Known by his much-hated moniker “Bid ’em up Bruce”, Bruce Wasserstein wasn’t your typical investment banker – he didn’t dress, talk or act the part – yet he was arguably the most influential investment banker in the history of the mergers & acquisitions industry! During his nearly 30 year-long career, Read more…
Having worked his way up from janitor’s assistant to the head of the firm, Sidney Weinberg’s is a true rags to riches story and one that contradicts the well refined, Ivy League-educated image that Wall Street has curated for itself over the last century. Despite his lack of such an Read more…
Today, Goldman Sachs stands as one of the largest investment banks in the world. Yet few know the story of their founder, Marcus Goldman, the humble immigrant who arrived in the US to get a slice of his own American Dream. Early Life The man who history would remember as Read more…
Though Marcus Goldman is the more famous of the two name partners behind Goldman Sachs, it was Samuel Sachs who turned it from a single office operation into a firm with a global reach and hundreds of clients across the country! A pioneer, Samuel Sachs redefined the term “investment banking” Read more…
Though his older brothers, Edmond and Joseph, are often touted as being two of the most gifted bankers of family, Moise Safra was arguably the most influential of the three brothers, driving the family to become the “Rothschilds of Latin America” as some call them. He wasn’t necessarily as skillful Read more…
Long before the Medici family were Popes, Princes and Dukes, they were wealthy bankers. Through their Medici Bank, founded by Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici, they became the premier banking house in Europe in the Middle Ages, long before the Rothschilds showed up… Indeed, it was Giovanni di Bicci de’ Read more…
A scion of the French branch of the Rothschilds who found his fortune in Switzerland, Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild was said to be the single richest member of the family worth an estimated $300 billion. Despite his Ancestry As a member of the Rothschild family, Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild Read more…
Whilst by no means as famous, Brazil’s Safra family have long been called the “Rothschilds of Latin America” due to both their generational banking prowess and secretive nature. Indeed, members of the family have long held the title of “banking’s most secretive figure”. Origins Bearing the name meaning “gold” in Read more…