Guggenheims

A portrait of a great American dynasty and its legacy in business, technology, the arts, and philanthropyMeyer Guggenheim, a Swiss immigrant, founded a great American business dynasty. At their peak in the early twentieth century, the Guggenheims were reckoned among America''s wealthiest, and the richest Jewish family in the world after the Rothschilds. They belonged to Our Crowd, that tight socia...