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James Rothschild
Born (1985-05-14) 14 May 1985 (age 40)
Westminster, London, England[1]
OccupationFinancier
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​
Children3
Family

James Amschel Victor Rothschild (born 14 May 1985) is a British financier and a member of the Rothschild banking family of England and the Guinness family. In 2015, he married Nicky Hilton, an American socialite, fashion designer, and model.

Early life

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James Amschel Victor Rothschild was born in Westminster, London, England, on 14 May 1985,[2][3][4] as the youngest child and only son to Amschel Mayor James Rothschild,[5][6] a British businessman who was a birth member of the Rothschild banking family of England,[7] and his wife, Anita Patience (née Guinness), a British socialite who is a birth member of the Guinness family.[8] He has two sisters, Kate Emma Rothschild, a music promoter,[9] and Alice Miranda Rothschild Goldsmith, a company director.[10][11]

Rothschild was eleven years old when his father died by suicide at the Hôtel Le Bristol Paris.[12] When he was seventeen, his mother married James Adair Wigan, a bloodstock agent, who is now his stepfather.[13]

Career

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Rothschild began his career as an investment banking professional at N M Rothschild & Sons Limited.[14] He has previously served as an Analyst at JNR UK Ltd. He served as an Analyst at Hargreave Hale Limited from 2005 to 2006.[15]

Rothschild has served as a Partner and Vice President at Monument Capital Group Holdings LLC since 2010.[16] He was a co-founder of West Arrow, an investment and advisory firm. He also serves as a Partner at Lepe Partners LLP.[17]

Rothschild is the CEO and Founder of JR Capital Ltd.[18] He is a founder and managing partner of Tru Arrow Partners, a global growth technology firm built around family capital.[19]

Personal life

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Rothschild began dating Nicholai Olivia "Nicky" Hilton, an American socialite, fashion designer and model who is a birth member of the Hilton family,—the younger daughter of Richard Hilton and Kathy Hilton[20]—in 2011, having met at Petra Ecclestone and James Stunt's wedding in Italy.[21][22] On 12 August 2014, he became engaged to Hilton.[23][24] The couple were married in the Orangery at Kensington Palace in London on 10 July 2015.[25][26][27] His sister-in law is the American media personality Paris Hilton.

Rothschild and Hilton have three children together, two girls and a boy;[28]

Rothschild put his farm in Rushbrooke, West Suffolk on the market for £24M in May 2015.[39]

Family

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Rothschild's paternal[40] grandparents were Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, a British businessman and politician,[41][42] and his second wife, Teresa Rothschild, Baroness Rothschild (née Mayor), a British counter-intelligence officer and magistrate.[43] His maternal grandparents were James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness, a British investment banker, and his wife, Pauline Vivien (née Mander), a British housewife.[44]

Rothschild's sisters both married into the Goldsmith family. They married brothers; sons of the French-British financier and politician Sir James Goldsmith and his third wife, Lady Annabel Goldsmith (née Vane-Tempest-Stewart), an English socialite. In September 2003, his elder sister married the English financier and environmentalist Ben Goldsmith;[45] they have three children together and divorced in April 2013, after less than ten years of marriage.[46][47] In March 2013, his younger sister married the British politician and journalist Zac Goldsmith;[48] they have three children together and announced their separation in March 2023, after ten years of marriage.[49]

References

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  4. ^ "page 16". Newspapers.com. The Daily Telegraph. 16 May 1985. Retrieved 15 March 2025. The Hon. Mrs Amschel Roths-child gave birth to a son in Lon-don on Tuesday.
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  9. ^ "page 24". Newspapers.com. The Daily Telegraph. 31 July 1982. Retrieved 15 March 2025. ROTHSCHILD. — On July 29, to ANITA (née Guinness) and AMSCHEL, a daughter.
  10. ^ "page 16". Newspapers.com. The Dialy Telegraph. 30 November 1983. Retrieved 15 March 2025. The Hon. Mrs Amschel Rothschild gave birth to a daughter in London yesterday.
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