The Hilton-Rothschilds

The Hilton-Rothschild union is probably one of the most unexpected yet powerful unions to have ever materialized. The Hilton-Rothschild family came to be when American hotel heiress Nicky Hilton married the European banking and mining heir James Rothschild. The reason why their marriage is so significant because it can be seen as a merger of two of the most powerful and influential families in the Western hemisphere.

James, for one, is a member of the illustrious Rothschild clan who made their fortune through banking and mining. At one point in the 19th century, her husband’s family held the largest privately owned fortune in the world— and that’s only one side of the family. Today, their families’ wealth and investments can be estimated to be worth around $7.9 trillion! If we combined the wealth of these two families, we’d have enough money to feed the entire world.