The Rothschild family,

The most mysterious' Sixth Empire 'in the world,

Assets of $50 trillion,

Secretly manipulating the world for two hundred years.

Even if Jack Ma wanted to meet, he was rejected. This family doesn't even make it onto the rich list, and no one can figure out how wealthy they really are.

Even his rise to fame starts with "picking up coins from the garbage dump", like a typical legendary male lead drama.

But in fact, according to publicly available data released by The Times, the Rothschild family's current public wealth valuation is approximately $1 billion. Benjamin D. Rothschild, who is well-known in his family, ranked 1851st on the global billionaire list in 2020. The difference between 50 trillion and 1 billion is a whopping 50000 times, which is quite significant.

Is the Rothschild family, which has been hyped up, the real richest man or a fake tycoon?

How did the myth of the 'Sixth Empire' come about? The truth is actually a bit awkward

The term '50 trillion' originated from 'Currency Wars' in 2007.

In that book, the Rothschild family's wealth is equivalent to over 800 Bill Gates, and the pricing of gold and global central banks are all under their manipulation. The most wonderful thing is that this narrative has a closed-loop logic: if you can't find their money, it just proves that they are hiding very deeply - after all, if you can easily calculate it, what is it called "manipulating the world"?

But the style in formal financial history is completely different.

The real Rothschild family started out very inspirational.

Founder Mayer Rothschild, living in a Jewish slum in Frankfurt, started his career by flipping antique coins and old medals. It's okay to say 'pick up coins from the garbage dump'. But his real turning point was to climb up the line of "private bankers" of the Hessian royal family, and then send his five sons to London, Paris, Vienna, Frankfurt and Naples. Relying on the intelligence before the Waterloo battle and treasury bond arbitrage, he once controlled the tariff pricing power of Suez River and the London gold market.

During World War II, the Nazis confiscated almost all Jewish assets on the European continent, and Rothschild's branches in Germany, France, and Italy were basically uprooted. Later on, the Soviet Union took over their industries in Eastern Europe. Under these successive blows, the family wealth has long been torn apart.

After the war, Rothschild shrunk into two institutions: Rothschild&Co in the UK and Rothschild&Co in France. Today, the total assets of the entire group are estimated to be around 6.27 billion US dollars.

02. Rich for eight generations, family governance reveals true chapter

However, this family has indeed achieved "wealth over eight generations" - from the 18th century to the present, nearly three hundred years.

It should be noted that it is not easy for most family businesses to survive until the third generation.

Their weapon is a family motto: 'Unity with five arrows'. Flow capital like blood among the five European countries, support each other, and never divide. Cross regional cross shareholding, close kinship alliances, and family trusts - this governance logic predates modern corporate systems by nearly a hundred years.

Perhaps this is what sets this hidden family apart, united like a fist clenched with five fingers!

A family that started from an ancient coin stall in a slum, has experienced wars, confiscation of property, infighting among their own people, and the impact of digitization... Why have they survived for almost three hundred years without disbanding?

What is the real ability of cross generational governance after the implementation of the "Five Arrows Unity" until now?

If you are also pondering about the succession of family businesses, how to layout overseas assets prudently, and whether there is a reliable methodology for "being rich for three generations", come with us to London in August.

We will spend 8 days visiting Cambridge, Oxford, Birmingham, and London, walking into the Rothschild family and listening to their true business philosophy, asset management logic, as well as the pitfalls and experiences they have overcome in cross generational inheritance.

In addition, you will also visit the London Stock Exchange, Land Rover factory, AstraZeneca global R&D center, Imperial College London big data center, Burberry... to explore the unique charm of British business firsthand.