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How the Rothschild Family Built a Global Banking Dynasty
Mayer Rothschild started a coin shop in Frankfurt’s Jewish ghetto in the 1760s. By 1815, his five sons ran banks in Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, and Naples — the first truly international financial network. This episode tracks how the Rothschild family used trust, speed, and courier pigeons to dominate the bond market, finance the Duke of Wellington’s campaign, and bail out central banks. We focus on one specific innovation: the family’s private intelligence network, which let them learn of Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo a full day before the British government. That 24-hour information…
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