Today, Lloyds Banking Group is the 25th largest bank in the world by assets. And whilst much of its history is well documented, the life of its founder, Sampson Lloyd is not that widely known.
Though few know his name, Kenn Ricci is at the helm of an aviation empire that has changed business aviation – private jets to you and me – forever. A pilot with real world experience, Kenn has drawn upon this Read more…
Known as “il vechio” (“The Elder”) as he lived to the ripe old age of 75, Cosimo de’ Medici turned the Medici Bank from a large, yet humble Florentine bank into one of the largest in Europe, becoming immensely wealthy Read more…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…