Berenberg

The Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler banking dynasty (also referred to as the House of Berenberg or the Berenbergs) is a Hanseatic dynasty of merchants, bankers and senators in Hamburg, and one of the world's oldest existing banking dynasties with a history spanning over 400 years. The family is descended from Dutch brothers Hans and Paul Berenberg from Antwerp, who fled persecution of Protestants in the Low Countries in 1585 and established the merchant house now known as Berenberg Bank in Hamburg in 1590. Berenberg Bank is Germany's oldest bank, the world's second oldest bank and also the world's oldest family owned bank. The Berenbergs have been merchant bankers and investment bankers since the 17th century.