Rothschild family
Jewish noble banking family
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| January 2025 | Filed a lawsuit against Lars Windhorst alleging default on a personal loan, but simultaneously declared commitment to their partnership. |
| July 2024 | Took a minority stake in Lars Windhorst's Tennor International and became the company's executive chair. |
| June 13 2024 | Service of Celebration for his life held at Waddesdon Manor, attended by King Charles III and Queen Camilla. |
| February 26 2024 | Passed away, concluding a life of significant business, philanthropic, and cultural contributions. |
| February 26 2024 | Inherits the title of 5th Baron Rothschild upon the death of his father, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild. |
| February 26 2024 | Jacob Rothschild passes away. |
| February 26 2024 | Died in London, United Kingdom, at the age of 87. |
| 2021 | Benjamin de Rothschild passes away, marking a significant moment in the family's recent history. |
| January 2020 | Appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the New Year Honours for services to the Duchy of Cornwall. |
| 2019 | Wife Serena Mary Dunn passed away. |
| 2018 | Saskia de Rothschild was named Chairwoman of Château Lafite Rothschild, succeeding her father, Éric de Rothschild. |
| 2018 | Undertook an expedition across the Pacific Ocean to raise awareness about global warming, ocean pollution, and marine ecosystem protection. The journey focused on educating coastal communities about preserving the seas. |
| 2018 | Elected as a foundation fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. |
| July 2018 | His first wife, Annabelle Neilson, died. |
| August 2016 | Rothschild married Loretta Basey, a former Page 3 model, in Switzerland. |
| 2015 | James Rothschild marries American heiress and socialite Nicky Hilton, connecting the Rothschild family with the Hilton family. |
| 2015 | Rothschild put his four-storey townhouse in New York's West Village up for sale for $17.5 million. |
| 2015 | Re-elected as President of France Galop. |
| 2015 | Commissioned the Flint House on the Waddesdon Manor estate, which won a RIBA Award, and subsequently donated the property to the Rothschild Foundation. |
| June 2015 | Abandoned investment in Bumi plc, selling his 17.2% stake to Coal Energy Ventures after disputes with co-investors. |
| 2014 | His shares in Libération were heavily diluted when Patrick Drahi became the new owner of the newspaper. |
| 2014 | Philippine de Rothschild dies, representing another significant loss for the family. |
| 2014 | Presented with the National Flag Order by Albania, signifying high national recognition of his achievements and relationships. |
| 2014 | Received the J. Paul Getty Medal for extraordinary achievement in museology, art historical research, philanthropy, conservation, and conservation science. |
| 2013 | Completed an MSc degree in Addiction Studies at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. |
| 2013 | Israel granted Genie Energy, an energy company Rothschild had an interest in, exclusive oil and gas exploration rights in the Golan Heights. |
| 2012 | Attempted to compete in the Olympics with his horse Lamm de Fétan, but the horse was injured before the competition. |
| October 2012 | Quit the board of Bumi plc following investigations into possible financial irregularities. |
| 2011 | The racehorse Nathaniel, named after him, won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. |
| June 2011 | Listed Vallares on the London Stock Exchange with Tony Hayward, raising US$2.2B to acquire oil and gas assets. |
| April 8 2011 | Completed a US$3B transaction to acquire stakes in two Indonesian thermal coal producers, renaming Vallar plc to Bumi plc in a joint venture with the Bakrie family and Rosan Roeslani. |
| 2010 | Became president of the board of Libération and moved to Israel. |
| 2010 | Accepted an invitation from the Israeli Equestrian Federation to represent Israel in international competitions, utilizing his Israeli nationality. |
| 2010 | Retired as Trustee of the Qatar Museums Authority, the Edmond J Safra Foundation, and from the committee of the Henry J Kravis Prize for Creative Philanthropy. |
| 2010 | Honored as the recipient of the Gennadius Library Trustees' Annual Award, recognizing his scholarly or cultural contributions. |
| November 2010 | Announced Vallar's US$3B investment in two Indonesian thermal coal producers, aiming to create the largest thermal coal exporter to Asian emerging economies. |
| November 2010 | An entity affiliated with Rothschild purchased a 5% equity interest in Genie Energy for $10 million. |
| July 2010 | Founded Vallar plc, a Jersey-incorporated investment vehicle, which raised GB£707.2M in an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange. |
| January 2010 | Lord Rothschild was a cornerstone investor in the United Company RUSAL initial public offering and simultaneously purchased US$40M of Glencore convertible bonds. |
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