Gianni Agnelli
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Italian businessman; grandson of FIAT's founder (1921-2003)
Key facts
- Appointed by
- Francesco Cossiga
- Preceded by
- Renato Lombardi
- Succeeded by
- Guido Carli
- Born
- ( 1921-03-12 ) 12 March 1921, Turin , Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 24 January 2003 (2003-01-24) (aged 81), Turin, Piedmont, Italy
- Resting place
- Villar Perosa , Piedmont, Italy
- Party
- Independent
- Spouse
- Princess Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto (m. 1953)
- Children
- Edoardo Agnelli III , Countess Margherita Agnelli de Pahlen
- Parent s
- Edoardo Agnelli II (father), Princess Virginia Bourbon del Monte (mother)
- Relatives
- Giovanni Agnelli (grandfather), John Elkann (grandson)
- Alma mater
- University of Turin
- Occupation
- Industrialist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giovanni
- Family name
- Agnelli
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Turin
- Place of death
- Turin
- Spouse
- Marella Agnelli
- Child
- Edoardo Agnelli
- Father
- Edoardo Agnelli
- Sibling
- Susanna Agnelli
- Occupation
- business magnate
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- University of Turin
- Employer
- Bilderberg Group
- Political party
- Christian Democracy
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Italian
- Award
- Commemorative medal of the war period 1940-43
- Family
- Agnelli family
- Sport
- association football
- Conflict
- World War II
- Official website
- www.giovanniagnelli.it
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- Image
- Gianni Agnelli 01 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Rome
- writing language
- Italian
- Commons category
- Gianni Agnelli
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- date of birth
- 1921-03-12
- date of death
- 2003-01-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Gianni Agnelli
- name in kana
- ジャンニ・アニェッリ
- relative
- Ginevra Elkann
- P10632
- Gianni Agnelli
- nickname
- l'Avvocato
- unmarried partner
- Anita Ekberg
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Encyclopedic overview
Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli ( Italian: [ˈdʒanni aɲˈɲɛlli]; 12 March 1921 – 24 January 2003), nicknamed L'Avvocato ('The Lawyer'), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research. He was the richest man in modern Italian history.
Agnelli was regarded as having an impeccable and slightly eccentric fashion sense, which has influenced both Italian and international men's fashion. Agnelli was awarded the decoration Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1967 and the Order of Merit for Labour (Cavaliere del lavoro) in 1977. Following his death in 2003, control of the firm was gradually passed to his grandson and chosen heir, John Elkann.
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