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There is an old Chinese saying that wealth can't last three generations. But in the west, there is a rich family that has been rich for eight generations - Rothschild.
The legendary Rothschild family
Family profile
Rothschild family. Also known as the Rothschild family, the red shield family, was originally a Jewish family living in Germany. At the end of the eighteenth century, the Rothschild family created the financial and banking modernization system throughout Europe. In Austria and Britain, the Rothschild family was successively promoted to the aristocracy. It is generally believed that in the 19th century, the Rothschild family was the richest family in the world. He and his five sons (i.e. "Roche five tigers") successively opened banks in famous European cities such as Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna and Naples, and established the largest financial kingdom in the world at that time.
Rothschild family
In 19th century Europe, Rothschild almost became synonymous with money and wealth. It is estimated that around 1850, the Rothschild family accumulated a total wealth equivalent to $6 billion. At its peak, the governments of most European countries almost lent to their families. By the end of the 20th century, the world's main gold market was also controlled by their families, whose family assets exceeded at least $50 trillion. It can be said that the financial empire established by this family has affected the development of the whole Europe and even the whole world history.
The first pot of gold: invest your efforts in powerful people
Many domestic people's contact with the Rothschild family began with the book currency war. In the era of mass media, people may only pay attention to the famous names such as "Kennedy family", "Rockefeller family" or "Morgan family". In the United States before World War II in the 20th century, there was a classic saying describing the situation in the United States at that time: "the democratic party belongs to the Morgan family, while the Republican party belongs to the Rockefeller family...". In fact, this sentence should be followed by "both the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family once belonged to the Rothschild family!"
Family founder: Meyer Rothschild
Mayer Rothschild, the founder of the Rothschild family, has shown amazing intelligence since childhood. Under the careful guidance of his father, he systematically learned business knowledge about money and lending. When his father died, Meyer, only 13, came to the Oppenheimer family bank in Hanover as a bank apprentice with the encouragement of his relatives.
Use ancient coins to make friends with upper class people
At that time, the collection of ancient coins was a common good of princes and nobles in European countries. Therefore, Mayer personally edited the ancient money manual and attached detailed explanations, and then mailed it to the princes and nobles everywhere, hoping that his store could become a designated store of the royal family in order to make rich profits.
The first pot of gold earned from military fire merchants
The first pot of gold
Although most of the letters fell into the sea, meyermel's posting still did not stop. In the end, Duke Hesse agreed to his request. The Duke was one of the richest men in Europe at that time, with a fortune of $200 million. His business was to sell troops. In order to escape Napoleon's attack, Duke Hesse left Frankfurt and left £ 3 million to Mayer for preservation. It was the 3 million cash that brought Meyer unprecedented power and wealth and became the first pot of gold for Meyer to his financial empire.
Five arrows at once
When Mayer received the huge sum of money from Duke Hesse, he sent his five sons to five heart regions of Europe. The eldest amzlo was sent to Frankfurt, the second Solomon was sent to Vienna, the third Natan was sent to London and the fourth Carl was sent to Naples. The fifth James was sent to Paris.
The secret of prosperity: invest money, effort and energy completely in powerful people
Fortune secret
By 1815, Nathan had become the leading banking giant in London and was closely watching the war in Europe with his brothers. Long before the war, the Rothschild family established their own strategic intelligence collection and express system with great foresight. They have built a huge network of secret agents. These people similar to strategic intelligence spies are called "children". The efficiency, speed and accuracy of this intelligence system have reached an amazing level, far exceeding the speed of any official information network.
Dominating London finance: gambling on the battle of Waterloo
Dominate London finance
On June 18, 1815, the battle of Waterloo in the suburbs of Brussels, Belgium, was not only a life and death duel between the two armies of Napoleon and Wellington, but also a huge gamble for thousands of investors. If Britain fails, the price of British government bonds will fall into the abyss; If Britain wins, British government bonds will soar to the skies. Rothschild's spies are also nervously collecting as accurate information as possible on the progress of various war situations from the two armies. By evening, Napoleon's defeat had been decided. The messenger witnessed the war and sent the message back to Britain.
Build a spy system beyond the official
Nathan first hinted that the family traders sold British government bonds, misleading other investors in the exchange that it was the defeat of British general Wellington and followed the trend of massive selling. After a few hours of crazy selling, the nominal value of British government bonds was only 5%. At this time, Nathan immediately instructed traders to buy every British government bond that could be seen in the market. As the news of Napoleon's defeat was released to the public, it was a whole day later than when Nathan received the information, so Nathan made 20 times of money in bond speculation on that day, and became the largest creditor of the British government, even exceeding the sum of the wealth gained by Napoleon and Wellington in the decades of war.
Gamble on the battle of Waterloo
Win Europe
The Rothschild family not only occupied an absolute dominant position in the European financial sector, but also restrained and influenced the United States by supporting the development and growth of the Morgan consortium, and tried to fully control the United States. At that time, the Rockefeller family, DuPont family and Mellon family had no strength to resist the overly powerful Rothschild family, so they adopted the method of compromise. At that time, Citigroup, Morgan and the first and second national banks of the United States were under the indirect control of the Rothschild family.
Manipulating British government bonds to control London finance
In 1865, the Rothschild family thought that the U.S. economy would not develop significantly, so they revoked its branches in the United States. Facts have proved that this was a fatal mistake and directly led to the rise of the Morgan family.
The decline of the family: from the strategic mistakes of the United States
The beginning of decline
During the first World War, the Rockefeller family, DuPont family, Morgan family and Mellon family seized the opportunity of the decline of the influence of the Rothschild family due to the war and launched a counter offensive in the United States, trying to get rid of the controlled fate. This attempt succeeded at the end of World War I and the United States got rid of its long-term debt.
Tried to take full control of the United States
During the Second World War, the Rothschild family was almost on the verge of collapse. A large number of family members were killed and assets were embezzled, and more than two-thirds of its financial institutions completely disappeared. Many assets in Germany, France and Italy were destroyed by the war (among which the office in France was nationalized even after the end of World War II), which meant that the family power of the Rothschild family in continental Europe was basically eliminated.
Fatal error: US branch cancellation
Taking advantage of this favorable opportunity, the American consortium in turn annexed almost all the assets of the Rothschild family in the United States, Australia and Canada, and established the modern pattern of Citigroup, Morgan and the three major consortia in the Americas. Juncker consortium also lost most of its members in the war, successfully transformed into a new oligarchy, and used the five major Swiss banks to transfer the wealth plundered in the war, escaped the loss of the failure of World War II, and became the largest financial oligarchy consortium in Europe after the war.
The big consortia began to counterattack
Since then, all the financial institutions and assets of the Rothschild family in continental Europe, North America and Australia have been destroyed. They only rely on a small number of surviving financial institutions in Britain and Switzerland to recover hard, and gradually recover after the war.
The brink of collapse: family members are killed
In fact, the key to the Rothschild family's 250 year longevity is conservatism. At present, the Rothschild family does not have many direct investments in China, including holding 4.98% of the shares of Bank of Qingdao and the Rothschild Baron CITIC Wine Co., Ltd., a joint venture with CITIC East China Group Co., Ltd. in Penglai, Shandong Province.
Annexed by an American Consortium
Holding shares in Bank of Qingdao in China
After Geely successfully signed a contract to acquire Volvo, the Rothschild family surfaced again. 200 people in Geely? In the purchase team, the Rothschild bank team helped Geely achieve China's largest overseas auto industry acquisition. The team played an important role in financial consultant, intellectual property consultant and government public relations.
The European continent, North America and Australia collapsed
Appear in Geely's acquisition of Volvo
Although the industrial scale of the Rothschild family is very small, the annual turnover of Rothschild bank group is less than US $10 billion and the profit is less than US $3 billion. It is estimated that its total capital will not exceed US $30 billion, less than a fraction of the major banks in Europe and America. However, most people believe that as an old financial giant, even if Rothschild bank has declined, the Rothschild family's industry has spread across many industries, and its influence can not be underestimated.
Looking back on the beginning of this powerful financial empire, the founder of the Rothschild family, Meyer amsherrothschild, received £ 3 million from the Hessian elector.
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