19 hours Ago By Daniel Nuttman
DAVID Meyer de Rothschild is the heir to the Rothschild family's massive fortune worth millions of dollars. Here is everything you need to know about the descendant of the powerful banking family, who made headlines when Will Rothschild sadly passed away in a fire. Born on August 28, 1978, in London, David Mayer de Rothschild is a British adventurer and the youngest heir to the family's banking fortune.
He has an older brother and sister, Anthony and Jessica. He is said to be a British adventurer and environmentalist who became one of the few people to spend 100 days crossing the Arctic from Russia to Canada, He is also one of only 14 people ever to traverse the continent of Antarctica and was part of a team that broke the world record for the fastest-ever crossing of the Greenland ice cap. In 2007, Rothschild was named one of GQ's Men Of The Year.
He was called a "climate hero" by the United Nations Environment Program in 2009. He regularly posts on Instagram, where the environmentalist's bio reads: "I don’t pretend to know the answers to protect Nature, but I do believe we can give Nature a voice." He produced the 2017 docudrama Becoming Bond, which looks at the casting of George Lazenby as James Bond for the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, following the departure of Sean Connery .
In 2020, the New York Times reported he was living with his wife, actress Karina Deyko, in a Los Angeles studio complex. David is thought to have a net worth is millions, though the exact figure is not clear. However, he will soon inherit the legacy and fortune of the Rothschild family which is worth a whopping $1billion.
This money has been made mostly through the family's international banking empire. The Rothschild family is a European banking dynasty that originated in Frankfurt in the 1760s. The family has been at the top of the financial tree since the 18th century and has produced many generations of millionaire bankers.
Started by Mayer Amschel Rothschild, he and his five sons started banks in London , Paris , Frankfurt, Vienna and Naples. The plan was to have an international network in which they could transport large sums of money. They are credited with helping to fund the industrialisation of Europe .
They also funded the purchase of the Suez Canal and the Napoleonic and Austro-Prussian wars. In addition to banking and finance, the family has been involved in other ventures, such as real estate and winemaking. They have two headquarters, in Paris and London.
Rothschild's financial advisory division is well known to have links to the British Royal Family . Will Rothschild was one of the millionaire members of the Rothschild family who lived an isolated life in America. He was described as a private man who was rarely seen leaving the house but was known to keep dozens of expensive cars on the property.
He stayed away from all the media attention but was described as a huge dog lover by his neighbors. Will has died in a house fire in the Hollywood Hills, say shocked neighbors. The millionaire is believed to have lived in the $1million Los Angeles home which was set ablaze.
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to reports of a fire on the 8500 block of Lookout Mountain Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. Around 45 firefighters took 33 minutes to extinguish the fire but said they found a body inside the 825-square-foot home. Neighbors told KABC he was Will Rothschild, a member of the billionaire British-German banking family.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office are yet to confirm the identity of the elderly man or his cause of death. Neighbors are said to have found unopened mail and magazines outside the burnt-out home addressed to a "WM DE ROTHSCHILD". Local Jim Moore said: "It is very sad.
He was a good guy. A good neighbor."The two-bedroom, one-bathroom house is worth an estimated $1,076,000, according to Zillow.
Cops are now probing the case..
