Alain de Rothschild

Baron James Gustave Jules Alain de Rothschild (7 January 1910 – 17 October 1982) was a French banker and philanthropist.

Early life Alain de Rothschild was born on 7 January 1910 in Paris, France. His father was Baron Robert de Rothschild, who was a banker.

During World War II, he was sent to a detention camp. He owned 25%. He served as the Chairman of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France from 1976 to 1982.

In the aftermath of the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing, he suggested French politicians did not care about what had happened, and questioned "the inexplicable impotence" of the French police.

He spoke out against the Goldenberg restaurant attack, also in Paris, shortly before his death. Éric de Rothschild (1940–), married to Maria-Beatrice Caracciolo Di Forino ( 1983) Robert de Rothschild (1947–), married to Debra Elisa Cohen ( 1999, 2001) In 2006, his daughter Béatrice sold part of his rare books collection with the auction house Sotheby's.