Ja⋅kob II /ˈyɑkɔp/Show Spelled Pronunciation[yah-kawp]Show IPA, (“the Rich”), 1459–1525, German financier, a member of a German family of bankers and merchants of the 14th to 17th centuries.
Fug·ger (fŏŏg'ər) Family of German financiers who exerted great economic and political influence in the 15th and 16th centuries. Founded by Johannes (1348-1409), the family business was greatly expanded by his son Jakob (died 1469).