Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild

Lord Rothschild is a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director & Deputy Chairman of BSkyB.

He is chairman of RIT Capital Partners plc and Five Arrows Limited. He co-founded Global Asset Management and J Rothschild Assurance, the life assurance company now part of St James's Place Group. From Oxford University Lord Rothschild joined the family bank, N.M. Rothschild & Sons, and subsequently ran the corporate finance department and became chairman of the executive committee, before leaving N.M. Rothschild & Sons in 1980 to develop his interests in the financial sector. In addition to his career in the world of finance, he has been involved in philanthropy and public service.

Affiliations

• Institute for Jewish Policy Research | Weizmann UK

See Also

• N M Rothschild & Sons
• Evelyn de Rothschild
• Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
• Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild - recipient of the Balfour Declaration
• Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild - MI5 operative in the 1939-45 war; government advisor; funded Encounter.
• Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
• Guy de Rothschild
• In the 1880s Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934) funded Jewish settlements in Palestine and encouraged the development of agriculture and industry. In 1899 the Rothschild settlements were transferred to form the Palestine branch of the Jewish Colonisation Association and in 1924 Baron Edmond de Rothschild created a separate Association to manage these settlements – Palestine Jewish Colonisation Association (PICA) – under the direction of his son, James de Rothschild
• Yad Hanadiv - Rothschild family foundation
• Eranda Foundation UK based Rothschild family foundation

External Resources

• Wikipedia Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild