List of banking families

Cosimo de' Medici, Florentine banker, who established his family, the Medici dynasty, as effective rulers of Florence
Jakob Fugger, of the Fugger family
Bindo Altoviti, famous patron of the arts, papal banker and grandnephew of Pope Innocent VIII
Johann Hinrich Gossler (1738–90), of the Berenberg-Gossler family
Philippine Welser, a member of the patrician Welser banking family, and the wife of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
Nathan Mayer Rothschild, founder of the English branch of the Rothschild family
André Oscar Wallenberg founder of Wallenberg family, by Gustav Uno Troili
Captain Robert Melville Grindlay, of the Grindlay family and founder of Grindlays Bank

Banking families are families that have been involved in banking for multiple generations, generally in the modern era as owners or co-owners of banks, which are often named after their families. Banking families have been important in the history of banking, especially before the 20th century. Banking families have existed and continue to exist in numerous countries.


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