Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild is one of the richest women in Britain, with £467 million ($673.6 million) to her name.
Arguably, most of her wealth is due to her marrying into financial royalty when she said “I do” to British billionaire financier Sir Evelyn Robert Adrian de Rothschild — her third marriage. But now she is the CEO of E.L. Rothschild, a holding company, and is in a prime position to see comment on capitalism and the potential for philanthropy.
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In fact, in an interview in “Wealth Report” (published by luxury property agents Knight Frank and high-net worth individual research firm Wealth-X) Lady de Rothschild was asked “how badly does capitalism really need fixing?” — and she said “very.”
“It’s a belief that capitalism should be a system for the creation of broad-based prosperity, and should instill trust in our institutions, and optimism for the future – that’s the way I think about it, ” she said to The Wealth Report Editor Andrew Shirley, before responding to why capitalism needs fixing…
Read the full story at UK. Business Insider, by Lianna Brinded
