The $4 Billion Family That Secretly Owned Portugal... Until It Collapsed: The Espírito Santo Family
Resource type
Video Recording
Author/contributor
- Old Money Luxury (Director)
Title
The $4 Billion Family That Secretly Owned Portugal... Until It Collapsed: The Espírito Santo Family
Abstract
On August 3, 2014, a Sunday, the Bank of Portugal seized the country's largest private bank, split it in two before the markets opened Monday morning, and wiped out a fortune that a family bearing the name Espírito Santo, Portuguese for Holy Spirit, had spent a hundred and forty-five years building, losing, and rebuilding from a currency-exchange house founded in a Lisbon neighborhood in 1869 into a banking colossus that touched the savings of millions.
Date
2026-08-13
Running Time
46:52
Accessed
8/23/26, 1:35 PM
Short Title
The $4 Billion Family That Secretly Owned Portugal... Until It Collapsed
Library Catalog
YouTube
Citation
Old Money Luxury. (2026, August 13). The $4 Billion Family That Secretly Owned Portugal... Until It Collapsed: The Espírito Santo Family [Video recording]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAGWab9b6uQ
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