type public company traded as lse rcp founded 1961 founder jacob rothschild 4th baron rothschild headquarters london uk key people lord jacob rothschild chairman jonathan kestenbaum chief operating officer number of employees 78 website www.ritcap.co.uk rit capital partners plc rothschild investment trust is a large british investment trust dedicated to investments in quoted securities and quoted special situations . established in 1961 the company is a list on london stock exchange and the ftse 250 index . the chairman is lord rothschild . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1961 the company was founded on the initiative of jacob rothschild founded and named rothschild investment trust . 1 it served the english branch of the family rothschild for investments outside their bank n m rothschild & sons . in 1980 there was a conflict between jacob rothschild and evelyn de rothschild then the head of n m rothschild & sons . evelyn de rothschild withdrew the money invested in the banking house of rothschild investment trust and forbade the company to continue using the name rothschild . jacob rothschild left the board of n m rothschild & sons and took sole control of the rothschild investment trust which he renamed rit ltd. in 1988 jacob rothschild transformed rit ltd. into a publicly traded investment trust with the name rit capital partners plc. 2 operations edit rit capital partners operates internationally and is on long term growth of its capital oriented . to achieve this goal the company can be applied at all asset classes to invest . the main focus however it acquires shares in publicly traded and privately held companies . the profits are only a small part of an annual dividend paid . the rest is reinvested . rit capital partners has its headquarters in spencer house st james s london england one of the last surviving city palaces in london next door to bridgewater house one of the others . due to the initiative of lord jacob rothschild in 1985 rit capital partners plc purchased a 96 year lease with an additional 24 year option of the house and restored the state rooms and garden to their original appearance . 3 references edit rit capital partners great trust but too popular citywire 2 december 2011 rit capital partners how small investors can keep up with the rothschilds daily mail 10 june 2012 spencer house external links edit rit capital partners plc spencer house v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining aggreko aldermore group alliance trust allied minds amec foster wheeler ao world ascential ashmore group assura atkins auto trader group aveva balfour beatty bankers investment trust barr a.g. bba aviation beazley group bellway berendsen berkeley group holdings bank of georgia bh macro big yellow group b & m european retail value bodycote booker group bovis homes group brewin dolphin 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