page_title: Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild
section_title: Israel
hierarchical_section_title: Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild / Biography / Israel
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie&#160;: [ onbekend ] Beschrijving&#160;: Aankomst Baron Rothschild. Baron Rothschild en de Ambassadeur van Israel Gidor Datum&#160;: 13 juni 1961 Trefwoorden&#160;: aankomsten Persoonsnaam&#160;: Baron Rothschild Fotograaf&#160;: Nijs, Jac. de / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.03 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 912-5911 Reacties Geplaatst door Maaike op 01 oktober 2013 - 14:59. Links H.A. Cidor en rechts baron Edmond de Rothschild Persoonsnamen: baron Edmond de Rothschild, H.A. Cidor (en geen Gidor) Plaats: Schiphol; Noord-Holland
context_page_description: Edmond Adolphe Maurice Jules Jacques de Rothschild or Baron Edmond de Rothschild was a French-Swiss banker, the founder of the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 1953. His investments extended to vineyards, yacht racing, farming and hospitality.
  Scion of the Rothschild banking family of France, he was the only son of Maurice and Noémie de Rothschild. He married Nadine Lhopitalier in 1963 with whom he had one child, Benjamin de Rothschild. He was reportedly the richest member of the Rothschild family until his death in 1997.
context_section_description: Edmond de Rothschild's grandfather, Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, had set up the acquisition of lands in Ottoman Palestine for Jewish development in the 1800s. In the 1950s, Edmond de Rothschild donated the family's property to the new Israeli State. In 1953, he gave 7,500 acres of the town of Caesarea to the newly created Caesarea Rothschild Foundation which was co-owned by the Israeli state. The Foundation was tasked with the redistribution of Caesarea's profits to education programs in Israel.
  Edmond de Rothschild invested heavily in the Tel-Aviv-based Israel General Bank, contributing to the young country's economy. He later became president of this institution.
  After the Six-Day War, the Baron contributed to the creation of the Israel Corporation Investment fund when, in 1968, he was invited alongside other wealthy individuals by Israeli Finance Minister Pinchas Sapir to the so-called Millionaire's Conference. Each guest was asked to invest $100,000 in the Corporation's creation. He also promoted major projects in the country via the Clali Bank, another of his ventures in Israel, which he sold in 1996.
  The Baron was President of the Caesarea Development Corporation and of the Israel European Company Isrop (in Luxembourg). He contributed to the creation of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem. and was the founder of multiple cultural and educational institutions in Israel.
caption: Edmond de Rothschild in 1961.
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