List of banking families


Banking families are families that have been involved in banking for multiple generations, generally in the modern era as owners or co-owners of banks, which are often named after their families. Banking families have been important in the history of banking, especially before the 20th century. Banking families have existed and continue to exist in numerous countries.

Antiquity

Modern

FamilyCompaniesPlace of originPrincipal countries
of residence
AguiarBanco BradescoOsascoBrazil
AlrajhiAlrajhi BankRiyadhSaudi Arabia
AltovitiFlorenceRepublic of Florence
Andries Pels & SonsAmsterdamDutch Republic
BarclayBarclaysLondonUK
BardiCompagnia dei BardiFlorenceRepublic of Florence
BaringBarings Bank, Baring Vostok Capital PartnersBremenGermany, UK
Berenberg-Gossler-SeylerBerenberg BankAntwerpBelgium, Germany
BordierBordier & CieGenevaSwitzerland
BirlaUCO BankPilaniIndia
BoseCredit Capital Finance, Etonhurst, Lazard CreditCapital, Tamara Capital AdvisorsMumbaiIndia
BotínBanco Santander, BankinterSantanderSpain
BrandtsHamburgGermany, UK
CarriónBanco Popular de Puerto RicoPuerto RicoUnited States
CerchiValdarno, TuscanyRepublic of Florence
ChigiBanco ChigiSienaRepublic of Siena
CliffordClifford, HerefordshireUK, Netherlands
CorsiFlorenceRepublic of Florence
CouttsCoutts & CompanyLondonUK
d’ErlangerErlanger & Sons, Emile Erlanger & Co. FrankfurtGermany, France, UK
Espírito SantoBanco Espírito SantoLisbonPortugal
FuggerAugsburgGermany
FinckMerck, Finck & CoMunichGermany
Goldman–SachsGoldman SachsNew YorkUSA
GondiFlorenceRepublic of Florence
GrindlayGrindlays Bank LondonUK
HabibHabib Bank LimitedBombayPakistan
HindujaIndusInd Bank, S.P. Hinduja Banque PrivéeMumbaiIndia, UK, Switzerland
HoareC. Hoare & CoLondonUK
HochstetterHöchstädtGermany
HopeHope & Co. AmsterdamNetherlands
Jagat SethNagaurBengal Subah
KhannaBridge Capital Advisors, Etonhurst, FiNoble Advisors, Yog Capital AdvisorsDelhiIndia, UK
KoçYapı KrediIstanbulTurkey
KotakKotak Mahindra BankMumbaiIndia
LadenburgBankhaus LadenburgMannheimGermany
LazardLazardNew OrleansUSA
LiBank of East AsiaHong KongHong Kong
LiechtensteinLGT GroupLiechtenstein Castle, Lower Austria, AustriaPrincipality of Liechtenstein
M. Ct.Indian Overseas BankTamil NaduIndia
Maranghi Castellini BaldisseraMediobanca, Castellini & Co., Banca LombardaMilanItaly
MalletRouen, GenevaFrance, Switzerland
MediciFlorenceRepublic of Florence
MellonBank of New York MellonPittsburgh, PAUSA
MetzlerMetzler BankFrankfurtGermany
MilesMiles & Co BristolUK
MontaguSamuel Montagu & Co. LondonUK
Moreira SallesUnibanco, Itaú UnibancoSão PauloBrazil
MorganMorgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan ChaseNew YorkUSA
OppenheimSal. Oppenheim, Deutsche BankCologneGermany
OvadiahWadiah CapitalIraqSwitzerland, Panama, Great Britain, Israel
OviaZenith BankLagosNigeria
PeruzziFlorenceRepublic of Florence
PictetPictet GroupGenevaSwitzerland
PrzanowskiSKOK II Credit Union in Warsaw, Bank Polski, Bank Dyskontowy WarsawPoland
RockefellerRockefeller Financial Services, Chase BankCleveland, OH,
New York, NY		USA
RiarioSavonaProvince of Savona
RothschildRothschild & Co, RIT Capital Partners, Edmond de Rothschild Group FrankfurtUK, France, Switzerland
S. Rm. M.Indian BankTamil NaduIndia
SabancıAkbankIstanbulTurkey
SafraSafra Group BeirutBrazil
SalviatiFlorenceRepublic of Florence
ScaliFlorenceRepublic of Florence
SchröderSchrodersHamburgGermany
SetúbalItaúsa São PauloBrazil
SimonettiRomeItaly, UK, Israel
SinaBankhaus SinaMoscopoleAustrian Empire
SmithSmith's Bank NottinghamUK
SolaroAstiItaly
StrozziFlorenceRepublic of Florence
Van De PutVan De Put & Co Private BankersAntwerpBelgium
Van LanschotF. van Lanschot BankiersZundertNetherlands
VillelaItaúsa São PauloBrazil
WallenbergSkandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Investor, Patricia Industries, FAM AB, Wallenberg FoundationsLinköping, Stockholm, LundSweden
WarburgM. M. Warburg & Co., Warburg Pincus, UBSHamburgGermany
WelserAugsburgGermany