Background
Rothschild was born in Paris, the youngest child of Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild and his second wife, Teresa Georgina Rothschild (née Mayor). On his father"s side, he descended from the Jewish Rothschild family.
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Rothschild was born in Paris, the youngest child of Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild and his second wife, Teresa Georgina Rothschild (née Mayor). On his father"s side, he descended from the Jewish Rothschild family.
He attended King"s College School, Cambridge and was then educated at The Leys School. He graduated in 1976 from City University (London), where he read economics, history and archaeology.
His half-brother was Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild. His initial vocation was in journalism, as a circulation manager of the now defunct literary magazine, The New Review. In 1987, Rothschild joined the family banking firm, North M Rothschild & Sons.
By 1990 he was made chief executive of one of the Rothschild"s weaker assets, Rothschild Asset Management.
In 1993, he became Chairman of the firm, helping to steer it onto a more stable pathological One of his favourite pastimes was farming.
Rothschild had inherited an arable farm, Rushbrooke, near Bury Saint Edmunds where he spent many hours at work. He was also a keen racer of cars, and was known as one of the best amateur racers in the country.
His passion started when he acquired a scrambler motorcycle, at age thirteen.
Among his car collection was an Air Corps Cobra Daytona sports car, a 1957 Maserati 250F Formula I, and a 1958 Biological Response Modifiers P25 Formula I. He was known as one of the best classic car racers of his generation. Rothschild was also an amateur pilot, and kept a Stampe at his home in Suffolk. Rothschild was a trustee of Yad Hanadiv, the Rothschild foundation which has supported many projects in Israel, including the building of the Supreme Court and Knesset in Jerusalem.
Amschel Rothschild committed suicide in July 1996.
He was found hanged at the Hôtel Le Bristol Paris. The death came hours after a meeting, during which plans were discussed for a massive merger of asset management companies.
Since his death, a conspiracy theory has emerged, claiming that he was murdered.