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The bank's growth was spectacular and near-continuous. According to the bank's records, in 1815 the capital of the Paris banking house James Mayer de
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copper mines. The new owners restructured the company and turned it into a profitable business. By 1905, the
Rothschild interest in Rio Tinto amounted to more than 30 percent. In 1887, the French and English Rothschild banking houses lent money to, and invested in, the
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come to power in France, James de
Rothschild put together the loan package to stabilize the finances of the new government and a second loan in 1834. In recognition of his services to the nation, King Louis-Philippe elevated James to a Grand Officer of the
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In 1969, as the bank was expanding into new lines of business, the
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established in 1883, an investment that proved to be highly lucrative. In 1898, the
Rothschilds established the Mazut Transportation Society that developed a fleet of oil tankers operating in the
302:(son of Edmond), bought out the latter's share. Maurice went on to be enormously successful and, having inherited a fortune from the childless Adolph Carl von Rothschild of the
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Following France's 1966 banking reform, on 1 January 1968 the partnership de
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By 1980, the Paris business employed about 2,000 people and had an annual turnover of 26 billion francs ($ 5 billion in the currency rates of 1980).
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diamond mines in South Africa, becoming its largest shareholders. In the 1930s, however, the bank's vast railroad holdings were
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nationalized the Banque
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and in 1878, just ten years after his death, ÂŁ16,914,000 (equivalent to ÂŁ2.2 billion in 2023).
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took over the bank's leadership following Edouard de Rothschild's death. In 1953, future
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The Banque Rothschild was very active in lending to governments. Following the
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in Paris (No. 19-21). That property had been owned by
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