Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (born 1744)

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

German banker (1744–1812)

Mayer Amschel Rothschild was a German-Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Referred to as a "founding father of international finance", Rothschild was ranked seventh on the Forbes magazine list of "The Twenty Most Influential Businessmen of All Time"…