[1] Adèle Levis was the subject of the portrait Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children, 1896, by John Singer Sargent.

Meyer worked at first for the Rothschild family as their chief clerk and negotiator with the De Beers mining group.

He was also governor of the National Bank of Egypt, and member of the board of numerous other mining companies.

[2] Meyer had a great interest in the arts, constantly showing support for opera, music and the theatre.

During World War I, Meyer wrote to The Times expressing his disapproval of the tactics used by the Germans in the war, including the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, prompted by a suggestion by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero that Britons of German origin should speak out publicly.