List of banking families
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Philippine Welser, a member of the patrician Welser banking family, and the wife of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
Banking families are families which have been involved in banking for multiple generations, in the modern era generally as owners or co-owners of banks, often named for their families. Banking families have been important in the history of banking, especially before the 20th century.
Antiquity[]
- House of Egibi of Mesopotamia
- Murashu family of Mesopotamia
Modern[]
| Family | Companies | Place of origin | Principal countries of residence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altoviti | Florence | Republic of Florence | |
| Barclay[1] | Barclays | London | UK |
| Bardi | Compagnia dei Bardi | Florence | Republic of Florence |
| Baring | Barings Bank, Baring Vostok Capital Partners | Bremen | Germany, UK |
| Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler | Berenberg Bank | Antwerp | Belgium, Germany |
| Bordier & Cie | Geneva | Switzerland | |
| Botín | Banco Santander, Bankinter | Santander | Spain |
| Brandts | Hamburg | Germany, UK | |
| Cerchi | Valdarno, Tuscany | Republic of Florence | |
| Chigi | Banco Chigi | Siena | Republic of Siena |
| Corsi | Florence | Republic of Florence | |
| Clifford | Clifford, Herefordshire | UK, The Netherlands | |
| Coutts | Coutts & Company | London | UK |
| Erlanger | Erlanger & Sons (later part of Dresdner Bank), Emile Erlanger & Co. (later part of Lloyds TSB) | Frankfurt | Germany, France, UK |
| Espírito Santo | Banco Espírito Santo | Lisbon | Portugal |
| Fugger | Augsburg | Germany | |
| Goldman–Sachs | Goldman Sachs | New York | USA |
| Gondi | Florence | Republic of Florence | |
| Grindlay | Grindlays Bank (later part of Standard Chartered) | London | UK |
| Hoare | C. Hoare & Co | London | UK |
| Hope | Hope & Co. (later part of ABN-Amro) | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| Hochstetter | Höchstädt | Germany | |
| Medici | Florence | Republic of Florence | |
| Mellon | Bank of New York Mellon | Pittsburgh, PA | USA |
| Bankhaus Ladenburg | Mannheim | Germany | |
| Metzler | Metzler Bank | Frankfurt | Germany |
| Miles | Miles & Co (later part of NatWest) | Bristol | UK |
| Montagu | Samuel Montagu & Co. (later part of HSBC) | London | UK |
| Morgan | Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Chase | New York | USA |
| Oppenheim | Sal. Oppenheim, Deutsche Bank | Cologne | Germany |
| Ovadiah[citation needed] | Wadiah Capital | Iraq | Switzerland, Panama, Great Britain, Israel |
| Ovia | Zenith Bank | Lagos | Nigeria |
| Peruzzi | Florence | Republic of Florence | |
| Rockefeller | Rockefeller Financial Services (Rockefeller & Co), J.P. Morgan Chase | Cleveland, OH, New York, NY |
USA |
| Rothschild | N M Rothschild & Sons, RIT Capital Partners, Rothschild & Co, Edmond de Rothschild Group | Frankfurt | Germany |
| Safra | Safra Group (Banco Safra, J. Safra Sarasin, Safra National Bank of New York) | Beirut | Brazil |
| Salviati | Florence | Republic of Florence | |
| Scali | Florence | Republic of Florence | |
| Schröder | Schroders | Hamburg | Germany |
| Simonetti | Rome | Italy, UK, Israel | |
| Smith | Smith's Bank (later part of NatWest) | Nottingham | UK |
| Solaro | Asti | Italy | |
| Strozzi | Florence | Republic of Florence | |
| Van De Put & Co Private Bankers[citation needed][importance?] | Antwerp | Belgium | |
| Van Lanschot | F. van Lanschot Bankiers | Zundert | Netherlands |
| Wallenberg | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Investor, , FAM AB, Wallenberg Foundations | Linköping, Stockholm, Lund | Sweden |
| Warburg | M. M. Warburg & Co., Warburg Pincus, UBS | Hamburg | Germany |
| Welser | Augsburg | Germany |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Ackrill, Margaret. Barclays': The Business of Banking, 1690-1996. Cambridge University Press.
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