He attended high school at the Collège Bernard Palissy in the 17th arrondissement of Paris and went on to obtain a university degree at the Académie de Commerce International.

After his studies, Rodolphe Hottinger held several trainee and assistant positions at various well-known banking establishments in Paris, London, New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore, namely Coutts & Co., Brown Brothers Harriman, Baring Brothers, Kidder Peabody, and Chemical Bank.

At that time, Jean-Conrad and Jean-Henri Hottinguer forged an alliance with Heinrich Escher and created the first Hottinger branch in the United States.

According to the website of FINMA, the Swiss regulatory body for banks and securities dealers, La Compagnie Financière Rodolphe Hottinger (a wholly own subsidiary of La Financière Rodolphe Hottinger) has discontinued its activities as a security dealer.

In the conduct of its forebears and the example they set, our banking family will receive the encouragement to persevere, the intelligence to change and adapt, the character to overcome challenges, and the hope to undertake new ventures.