Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild
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.
Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild | |
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Edmond de Rothschild in 1961. | |
| Born | Edmond Adolphe Maurice Jules Jacques de Rothschild 30 September 1926 Paris, France |
| Died | 2 November 1997 (aged 71) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Resting place | Château Clarke |
| Education | Geneva University Faculty of Law of Paris |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Spouses | Veselinka Vladova Gueorguieva
(m. 1958; ann. 1960)Nadine Lhopitalier (m. 1963) |
| Children | Benjamin de Rothschild (1963–2021) |
| Parent(s) | Maurice de Rothschild Noémie Halphen |
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. He was the great-great-grandson of Sephardi-Jew of Portuguese descent Jacob Rodrigues Pereira.
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