Mayer Amschel Rothschild (23 February 1744 – 19 September 1812) was a German Jewish banker. He was the founder of the Rothschild family international banking dynasty that became the most successful business family in history. In 2005, he was ranked 7th on the Forbes magazine list of "The Twenty Most Influential Businessmen of all Time". The business magazine referred to him as a "founding father of international finance".
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