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…
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 ever heard of. He was perhaps even a better banker 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 longtime chairman of the Safra Group and its associated companies, 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 family company into the giant it is today. Yet, whilst Read more…