Berthold Hochschild (March 6, 1860 – January 24, 1928) was a mining magnate, a founder of the American Metal Company, and a philanthropist.
Hochschild was born to a Jewish family[1] in Biblis, Grand Duchy of Hesse, the son of Auguste Gustina (née Bendheim) and Koppel Jakob Hochschild.
In 1881, his brother Zachary Hochschild, along with his cousin Wilhelm Ralph Merton and Leo Ellinger, founded Metallgesellschaft AG.
In 1886, he immigrated to the United States, founding American Metal with Jacob Longeloth two years later.
[2] Harold founded the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York and Walter Hochschild built an Adirondack Great Camp on Eagle Lake in 1938.