Banking grandee Lord Jacob Rothschild shuns private jets for EasyJet at a “jam-packed” airport

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Banking grandee Lord Rothschild shuns private jets for EasyJet

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Flying low-cost: Lord Jacob Rothschild made the trip back from his Corfu villa this week on EasyJet Photo: AP

By Harriet Dennys, City Diary Editor

7:00AM BST 29 Aug 2013

Lord Jacob Rothschild may own “the most fabulous” villa on Corfu, but he still flies home from holiday on EasyJet. The patriarch of the Rothschild’s family business, RIT Capital Partners, was spotted sitting quietly at a “jam-packed” Corfu airport on Monday, as he waited for the same budget flight as mortals without a £2bn banking dynasty to their name – not a private jet in sight. “Lord Rothschild wasn’t even on speedy boarding,” says Diary’s man at passport control. “He just queued up amongst the sunburnt and tattooed holidaymakers, who were no doubt unaware of this distinguished passenger.” Quite a contrast to the low-key investment banking grandee’s son Nat, whose forays into Indonesian coal miner Bumi have been nothing if not colourful. Last time financier Nat made a splash in the Med, he was hosting a £1m fortieth birthday party in the port of Montenegro – private jets galore.

 

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