In July 2003, Édouard de Rothschild was made head of Rothschild & Cie Banque, the Paris-based bank he founded in 1987 with his half-brother David René de Rothschild and cousin Éric de Rothschild.
In January 2005, Édouard de Rothschild invested €20 million for a 37% controlling stake in the French newspaper Libération [REF].