Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild

Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild
Edmond de Rothschild in 1961.
Born
Edmond Adolphe Maurice Jules Jacques de Rothschild

(1926-09-30)30 September 1926
Died2 November 1997(1997-11-02) (aged 71)
Resting placeChâteau Clarke
EducationGeneva University
Faculty of Law of Paris
OccupationBanker
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouses
Veselinka Vladova Gueorguieva
(m. 1958; ann. 1960)
(m. 1963)
ChildrenBenjamin de Rothschild (1963–2021)
Parent(s)Maurice de Rothschild
Noémie Halphen

Baron Edmond Adolphe Maurice Jules Jacques de Rothschild or Baron Edmond de Rothschild (30 September 1926 – 2 November 1997) was a French-Swiss banker, the founder of the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 1953. His investments extended to vineyards, yacht racing, farming and hospitality.

Scion of the Rothschild banking family of France, he was the only son of Maurice and Noémie de Rothschild. He married Nadine Lhopitalier in 1963 with whom he had one child, Benjamin de Rothschild. He was reportedly the richest member of the Rothschild family until his death in 1997.[1] He was the great-great-grandson of Sephardi-Jew of Portuguese descent Jacob Rodrigues Pereira.

  1. ^ Faith, Nicholas (4 November 1997). "Obituary: Baron Edmond de Rothschild". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-03-29.