Appointed in 2000 following NR Atticus's acquisition of a 32.9% stake in what was widely regarded as the first hostile proxy fight in France, he led the group through its successful restructuring and subsequent sale to PAI Partners, a French private equity firm in 2004.
In July 2010, Vallar Plc, a Jersey-incorporated investment vehicle Rothschild founded, raised £707.2 million in an Initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.
Vallar is led by Rothschild and James Campbell, a former Anglo American PLC coal and base metals chief.
[19] In June 2015, following a series of disputes with his co-investors, Rothschild abandoned his investment in the company, selling his 17.2 per cent stake to Coal Energy Ventures.
Essentially, this was identical in every respect to the first vehicle, which was metals and mining focused, except that the new entity would acquire oil & gas assets.
In Switzerland in August 2016, Rothschild married Loretta Basey, a former model who had appeared on Page 3 of UK tabloid newspaper The Sun.
He lived for a time in New York before settling in Switzerland in 2000 and, according to the Swiss business magazine Bilanz, he is a resident of Klosters in Graubünden.
[24] The racehorse Nathaniel, winner of the 2011 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, was bred and owned by Rothschild's mother and is named after him.
[28] In February 2012, Rothschild lost his libel case with the Daily Mail who had accused him of being a "puppet master" in reporting about his foreign trips with Mandelson.