Philippe, Baron de Rothschild was a member of the Rothschild banking family who became a Grand Prix motor racing driver, a screenwriter and playwright, a theatrical producer, a film producer, a poet, and one of the most successful wine growers in the world.
1931 Autochrome by Georges Chevalier
Rothschild at the 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans
Baron Philippe de Rothschild with his wife Elisabeth de Rothschild shortly after their marriage, 1935.
Rothschild banking family of France
The Rothschild banking family of France is the French branch of the Rothschild family. It was founded in 1812 by James Mayer de Rothschild (1792–1868) in Paris, which was then part of the First French Empire. He was sent there from his home in Frankfurt by his father, Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812). Wanting his sons to succeed on their own and to expand the family business across Europe, Mayer Amschel Rothschild had his eldest son remain in Frankfurt, while his four other sons were sent to different European cities to establish a financial institution to invest in business and provide banking services. Endogamy within the family was an essential part of the Rothschild strategy in order to ensure control of their wealth remained in family hands.
James Mayer de Rothschild, the founder of the French branch of the Rothschild banking dynasty.
Rothschild family mausoleum at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
The Great Hall at the Château de Ferrières, estate of James Mayer de Rothschild