E. L. Rothschild is a family investment office that was established in 2003 by Sir Evelyn and Lynn Forester de Rothschild. The company is currently invested in media, wealth management, infrastructure, real estate, agriculture and consumer goods, with operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, and India.

E.L. Rothschild employs a long-term view toward partnership and value creation, working on a direct investment basis with family offices, private equity firms, public companies and institutional investors. The key criterion for E.L. Rothschild’s investments is a management and shareholding team that have demonstrated excellent operating results, integrity and transparency. These principles are central to each of E.L. Rothschild’s ventures. The business objective is to drive profitable growth and build value over time.

In addition to its various business objectives, E.L. Rothschild is dedicated to the effort to make capitalism an engine for broad-based prosperity through its founding and ongoing work with the The Council for Inclusive Capitalism.

Leadership

Chair - Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild

Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild is Chair of E.L. Rothschild, the private family investment office she established in 2003 alongside her late husband, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. The firm's holdings span media, infrastructure, real estate, and financial instruments. A long-held interest in The Economist Group was recently divested.

Beyond the investment office, she is Founder and Chief Executive of The Council for Inclusive Capitalism, a global nonprofit that works with business, government, and civil-society leaders to make economies more inclusive, sustainable, and trusted. Her work there has placed her among the more prominent voices arguing that private capital can be a force for broad-based prosperity.

Lady de Rothschild has served on the Board of Directors of The Estée Lauder Companies (where she chaired the Nominating and Board Affairs Committee), The Economist Group (where she was a member of the Audit Committee), Gulfstream Aerospace, and General Instruments. Her public-service and policy work includes membership of the Council on Foreign Relations and Chatham House, the advisory board of FCLTGlobal, and prior roles under President Clinton on the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee and the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.

A frequent speaker at the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, the G20, and the Aspen Ideas Festival, she has written for the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Time. In 2007, she was awarded the Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Pomona College and holds a Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Chairman Emeritus - Sir Evelyn de Rothschild (1931 - 2022)

Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, co-founder of E.L. Rothschild, served as the firm's Chairman Emeritus until his passing in November 2022. He built his career at the heart of British finance, leading N M Rothschild and Sons as Chairman and Chief Executive from 1976 to 2003, a period during which the international investment bank grew substantially under his stewardship.

From 1972 to 1989, he served as Chairman of the Economist Group, and he sat on the boards of IMG, De Beers, and IBM (UK), among others. His philanthropic work centered on the ERANDA Rothschild Foundation, which he founded in 1967 to support medical research, education, health and welfare, and the arts. He was also a Governor Emeritus of the London School of Economics and Political Science and Honorary Life President of the Norwood and Ravenswood children's charity.

Sir Evelyn was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1989 for services to banking and finance. His long-term, values-driven approach to investment and stewardship continues to shape the philosophy of E.L. Rothschild today.