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 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 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 Read more…
Though the also Jewish Rothschild family are often touted as being the world’s most secretive banking family, that title should instead go to Brazil’s Safra family and their patriarch Jacob Safra, who was arguably the greatest banker no one has Read more…
Though there are many who would claim that various members of the also Jewish Rothschild family hold this title, at least officially, Brazil’s Joseph Safra was the richest banker in the world prior to his death in December 2020. The Read more…
The heir to a banking dynasty over 100 years old, Edmond Safra moved with his father from Lebanon to Brazil to create the foundations for today’s Safra Group. Once he inherited it with his brothers, he continued to grow his Read more…
Early Life Frederick Henry Royce was born in the village of Alwalton, in Huntingdonshire, just five miles west of Peterborough on March 27 1863, as the youngest of five children born to flour mill owner James Royce, and his wife, Read more…
Coming from humble beginnings as the son of Canadian immigrants, Walter Chrysler went from railroad engineer to general manager to automotive pioneer, and the driving force behind both the Chrysler Corporation and Chrysler Building, both of which bear his name. Read more…
Early Life John Clifton Bogle was born on May 8 1929 in Montclair, New Jersey as the youngest of two twins born to William Yates Bogle Jr. and Josephine Lorraine Hipkins, and went by “Jack” from an early age. Like many families, Read more…
Early Life Rollin White King was born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 10 1931 to Griffin and Elizabeth King. Born at the height of the Great Depression, the King family struggled to make ends meet just as many other families Read more…