Mayer Amschel Rothschild was a German Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, which dominated international finance in Europe between the 1820s and the 1870s. 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" in 2005.
- Occupation
- banker, philanthropist, merchant
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire, Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
- Born
- 1743, February 23, 1744
- Died
- September 19, 1812, 1812
