Oppenheim family

The Oppenheim Family is a German Jewish banking family which founded Europe's biggest private bank Sal Oppenheim jr. & Cie. According to Manager Magazin 2008, the Oppenheim Family was among the 30 richest families in Germany, with assets over 8 Billion Euros.
History.
Salomon Oppenheim, Jr. founded the investment bank Sal. Oppenheim in the 18th century. Until its sale in 2009, Sal. Oppenheim was the largest privately owned investment/banking house in Europe with assets of €348 billion.
The Oppenheim family also co-founded the german Colonia-Versicherung and sold their majority stake for 3 billion DM in 1989. 820 Million DM were used to increase the equity of the Bank, the rest of over 2 billion DM was paid out to the family.