David Mayer de Rothschild
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David Mayer de Rothschild (born 25 August 1978) is a British adventurer and environmentalist who is head of Adventure Ecology, an expedition group raising awareness about climate change. He is the youngest of the three children of Victoria Schott (b. 1949) and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild (b. 1931) of the Rothschild banking family of England.
David de Rothschild earned a BSC (Honors) in Political Science and Information Systems, and an advanced Diploma in Natural Medicine. He started out as a businessman, establishing an apparel manufacturing and distributing company for licensed brands. His brother Anthony is Co-managing Director of A7 music and some of the apparel his operation produced was under license from musicians such as The Beatles.
In 2003 David de Rothschild took up residency for a time in Sydney, Australia where he began writing a series of educational books for children and founded a naturopathic/ecological education center in New Zealand. Environmentally conscious, he is also the founder of "Sculpt the Future," a charitable organization that works with environmentally disadvantaged communities.
A participant in a number of extreme competitions, David de Rothschild won his age group in the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon. In June of 2005 he set a new record for the fastest ever crossing of the Greenland Icecap. He was a member of the ski team in the 2004/2005 Sir Ranulph Fiennes-backed "Invesco Perpetual Trans-Antarctica Challenge." His successful completion of the Challenge made him the youngest British person to cross the continent of Antarctica.
David de Rothschild, founded Adventure Ecology [http://www.adventureecology.com whose stated goal is to promote a greater connection with the natural world through a series of high profile expeditions. The first mission in the series 'Top of the world' Mission 1 expedition began on March 4, 2006. The four-member team includes Rothschild and fellow Brit, Martin Hartley, along with two Canadians. . After 100 days traversing the Arctic Ocean from Russia To Canada David de Rothschild become one of 42 people and the youngest British person to ever reach both geographical poles. David de Rothschild is a National Geographic ‘Emerging Explorer’ for their class of 2007 and was also recently made a ‘Young Global Leaders’ by the World Economic Forum.
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