In 1847, Meyer Guggenheim arrived in the United States and began a family mining business that would eventually amass one of the largest fortunes in the world and shape the planet’s supply chain of resources well into the twentieth century. In 1918, Forbes recognized the Guggenheims as the second richest family in the United States. Tin from Bolivia, diamonds from Angola, copper from Chile, and rubber from what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo were key to the political economy of the time. Today, financial capital and philanthropy play the same role, which is why Solomon Guggenheim shifted to collecting art and opening museums, while other descendants of the Guggenheim fortune now operate two global investment and financial services firms, Guggenheim Capital and Guggenheim Partners. The latter manages over $300 billion in assets, which includes the seed money that began A24 in 2012. One of A24’s cofounders was Daniel Katz, whose former role was head of the film finance group at Guggenheim Partners.

XREF: Connects the historical Guggenheim industrial empire to contemporary film finance and A24's origins.

Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, loc. 279