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How the Rothschild Family Built a Banking Empire Across Five Centuries
For episode 100 of Family Business Stories with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the Rothschild family — arguably the most famous banking dynasty in history. They trace the rise from Mayer Amschel Rothschild's coin shop in Frankfurt's Jewish ghetto in the 1760s to the cross-border network of five sons who outran Napoleon's couriers. The episode focuses on one specific innovation: the Rothschild courier system and how it gave them market-moving information hours ahead of competitors. Lucas unpacks the family's legendary wealth estimate — at one point, perhaps the richest…
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