Salomon Oppenheim founded the banking firm Sal. Oppenheim in the late 18th century. Until its sale in 2009, Sal. Oppenheim was the largest privately owned investment/banking house in Europe, with assets of €348 billion.[1][2]
The Oppenheim family also co-founded the German Colonia-Versicherung and sold their majority stake for 3 billion DM in 1989.[3] 820 million DM were used to increase the equity of the bank, while the rest (over 2 billion DM) was paid out to the family.[4]
In 1867, the family received nobility in Austria with the title of Baron and a year later, in 1868 they were admitted to nobility of Prussia, also with the title of Freiherr.
Simon von Oppenheim (1864–1932), partner of the bank sice 1893, ⚭ Florence Mathews Hutchins (1868–1935)
Eberhard (1890–1962), partner of the bank 1922–1932, ⚭ 1) Anneliese Oetker (1904–1989), divorced in 1929; ⚭ 2) Helene Gräfin von Hardenberg (1910–1996)
Manfred (1924–1996), partner of the bank 1956–1993, ⚭ Carla Siempelkamp (born 1926)
Nicolaus von Oppenheim (born 1956)
Laura von Oppenheim
Franziska von Oppenheim
Theresa von Oppenheim (born 1995)
Waldemar von Oppenheim (1894–1952), partner of the bank 1922–1952, ⚭ Gabriele Goldschmidt (1902–1988)
Karin von Oppenheim (1922–2009), Georg von Ullmann (1922–1972), partner of the bank 1954–1972
Georg von Ullmann (born 1953) ⚭ Corinna van Meeteren
^Frédéric Barbier, "Banque, famille et société en Allemagne au XIX e siècle." Revue de synthèse 114.1 (1993): 123-137.
^Wilhelm Treue, "Die Bankiers Simon und Abraham Oppenheim 1828-1880. Der private Hintergrund ihrer beruflichen Tätigkeit, ihre Rolle in der Politik und ihre Nobilitierung." Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 31.1 (1986): 31-72.
