The Guggenheims by Irwin Unger

pA portrait of a great American dynasty and its legacy in business technology the arts and philanthropyppMeyer Guggenheim a Swiss immigrant founded a great American business dynasty. At their peak in the early twentieth century the Guggenheims were reckoned among Americas wealthiest and the richest Jewish family in the world after the Rothschilds. They belonged to Our Crowd that tight social circle of New York Jewish plutocrats but unlike the others primarily merchants and financiers they