Chairwoman of the board of directors, EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD GROUP

12th June 2019 at EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD’S private salons

“MODERNIZING A DYNASTY”

When Ariane de Rothschild took over as chief executive of Edmond de Rothschild Group in 2015, she was the first woman to run a Rothschild company in 200 years. A Rothschild by marriage rather than blood, and parent to four daughters, she told the group’s employees: “You’d better get used to having a woman running the business, because one day the bank will be women-led.” Since then Ariane has challenged the conservative assumptions about power, privilege, and the patriarchy that can prevail in families with a long history of traditions. She has overhauled an empire that ranges from a renowned investment house to the Four Seasons Hotel Megève and the Gitana fleet of racing boats, and also the family’s famous vineyards stretching from Argentina to New Zealand.