Rothschilds

""The historical mistake of the Rothschilds was that they never had an American base; a base that we at Lazard have consolidated for more than forty years. Not that Lazard-Paris isn't doing well, far from it. But New York is the "sports center." If you want to be a champion, or even a semi-champion, New York is the ultimate arena. The rest of the world is just provincial in comparison," sums up Michel David-Weill."

"Ludwig’s father before him pioneered development of underwater mines, designed some of the first steam engines to power Russian ships, and installed the first central heating systems to warm Russian homes. Ludwig’s son after him launched the world’s first diesel-driven tugs and tankers while bargaining with the Rothschilds, struggling against Royal Dutch-Shell, and bartering with Standard Oil in Europe’s second Thirty Years War, a petroleum war for control of world markets."