David Rene de Rothschild
1942 – ? French banker
Banker who unified the French and British Rothschild banking houses.
- Religion
- Ashkenazi Jewish.
- Affiliations
- Chairman of Rothschild & Co, the merged French and British Rothschild bank; chairman of the World Jewish Congress governing board.
Son of Guy de Rothschild, he rebuilt the French house after the Mitterrand government nationalised it in 1981, and later merged the French and British banks into Rothschild & Co. He has led major Jewish philanthropic bodies.
Connections
- family of Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild — His cousin on the English side.
- family of Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild — His cousin, who ran the French and merged Rothschild bank.
- family of James Mayer de Rothschild — His great-great-grandfather, founder of the Paris house.