N. C. Jacob Rothschild

Lord Rothschild was Chairman of RIT Capital Partners, an investment trust company listed on the London Stock Exchange. He was a founding partner and investor in a number of financial service companies including Global Asset Management, a money manager, and St. James's Place Capital, a unit-linked life insurance company. He was also Chairman of the Rothschild Foundation, which focuses on the arts and heritage, the environment, education, the preservation of Waddesdon Manor, and local support in Buckinghamshire. Rothschild was a major supporter of the arts who played a lead role in the restoration of Somerset House in London, the home of the Courtauld Institute of Art, and was Chair of the National Gallery of Art in London. As Chairman of Yad Hanadiv, he was dedicated to the advancement of education, the environment, academic excellence, and civil society in Israel.