The Rothschild family has been the richest family in the world since the 18th century. It is said that they controlled more than half of the world's total wealth in the 19th century. However, in order to hide their wealth, most of the companies they control are not listed, so they are not visible on the rich list. The Rothschild family originated in a Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt, Germany. A family of 30 people lived in a house of about ten square meters. At that time, Jews had a low status in Europe and were not allowed to have a surname. The Rothschild surname was chosen by them themselves. , meaning the red shield, the door to their home. In 1744, the most important person in the family was born, Meyer Rothschild, who was named the most influential person in business and the father of international finance by Forbes in 2005.

In 1764, the 20-year-old Meyer opened a chamber of commerce, mainly responsible for currency exchange and loans. In the process of doing business, Meier met General Emmerich, and it was through him that Meier came into contact with Prince William of Hesse at the time. Meier sold the beautiful ancient coins he collected to Prince William, who liked them very much. Soon Meier was named a royal merchant and could enter and leave the palace.

In 1785, Prince William succeeded to the throne and inherited a huge inheritance from his father. After that, Meier's position became more and more important. After the French Revolution in 1789, Meier was in charge of trade with Britain. He made full use of his position to get acquainted with many European lords at that time. The lords of various countries asked him to be their adviser. Soon he Became an investment consultant for Europe's upper class.

? In 1801, William I handed over most of his property to Meyer for management. Meyer lent a lot of usury to European countries. At that time, small European countries were in constant war. Meyer loaned money to both sides of the war and issued A lot of war money. After Meyer passed away in 1812, his five sons left Frankfurt to start businesses in various European countries.

The most successful of the five sons are Nathan, who went to England, and James, who went to France, and founded the current British and French Rothschild families respectively. The richest family is the British family. When the founder Nathan went to England, he first did cotton business and then securities, and soon accumulated a lot of wealth.

In 1815, when the Battle of Waterloo broke out, Nathan began to sell a large amount of British treasury bonds, causing market panic. People followed suit and sold, but Nathan secretly recovered them. As a result, Britain won and Nathan's wealth increased 2,500 times. In fact, he had already established a good relationship with the British royal family and requested to know the news as soon as possible. Therefore, he already knew that Britain would win, but he also wanted to gain more wealth, so he acted a play. After that, the British Rothschild family followed suit in other battlefields in Europe, and their wealth continued to increase. Soon he took a stake in the National Bank of England, becoming its largest shareholder, and founded the Federal Reserve in the United States. This is because of an old saying in their family: If you give me the right to manage and issue a country’s currency, it doesn’t matter who made the laws. Therefore, it is said that the Rothschild family holds shares in the central banks of almost all countries in the world except China, Russia, Cuba, North Korea and Iran.

? How rich is the Rothschild family? It is said that the world's largest diamond company De Beers, the world's largest tobacco company Philip Morris, the world's second largest oil company Shell, the world's largest investment Goldman Sachs, as well as Reuters, the New York Times, Google, Disney, Coca-Cola, and McDonald's are all controlled by the Rothschild family. In addition, the full name of the world's most expensive red wine, Lafite, is also Lafite Rothschild.