Edoardo Agnelli (industrialist) Italian industrialist and principal family shareholder of the Italian car company Fiat. In 1997 Gianni publicly announced that his grandson, John Elkann, who was then 21, would succeed him as the head of the family empire. The Agnelli family is also known for managing and being majority owners of the Italian Serie A football club Juventus F.C. Margherita Agnelli de Pahlen (1955–present) the "only daughter and sole surviving child" of Gianni Agnelli, received an estimated inheritance of $2 billion when her father, Gianni Agnelli died. He served as a CEO of Italian carmaker Fiat from 1970 to 1976 and, on the death of his brother Gianni, was briefly chairman of the FIAT Group, 2003–2004, until his own death, aged 69, the following year. Gianni Agnelli … The third son, Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, grew up to be the head of the maternal family-firm Piaggio, and was being groomed to succeed at Fiat, but died of cancer at the age of 33 in 1997. Gianni Agnelli (1921–2003) was the oldest son of the industrialist and principal family shareholder of the Italian car company Fiat, Edoardo Agnelli. "[33] According to an article in the Financial Post, Gianluigi Gabetti, Virgilio Marrone and Franzo Grande Stevens, "were suspended from holding posts in public companies for between two and six months. Its Mirafiori plant in Turin, built 600,000 autos a year. After WWII he earned a Law degree at Turin University and his nickname was L’Avvocato (“The Lawyer”). "[23]:18, By the time of Gianni Agnelli's death in 2003, the "Agnelli family controlled Fiat through a chain of three separate holding companies. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. GRUPPO VINCENTE JUVE E BASTA 1947) married writer Vittorio Sermonti (1929–2016), Cristiano Rattazzi (b. Umberto and Antonella Agnelli later divorced, and in 1974 Umberto married Donna Allegra Caracciolo di Castagneto. Discover the family tree of Giovanni Alberto Agnelli for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. Exor, the business group is expanding further into the global market and Hong Kong is one of the most important hubs of international finance and the main access route to the Asian market.[35]. Join Facebook to connect with Roberto Agnelli and others you may know. Umberto Agnelli was born on 1 November 1934. [3] As of 2020, the extended Agnelli family comprised about two hundred members.[3]. The Agnelli family (Italian pronunciation: [aɲˈɲɛlli]) is an Italian multi-industry business dynasty founded by Giovanni Agnelli, one of the original founders of Fiat motor company which became Italy's largest manufacturer,[1] Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Fiat). Edoardo was born on August 2 1892, in Turin. 1948) president of FIAT in, Nuno Brandolini d'Adda married Phan van Thiet, Brandino Brandolini d'Adda married Marie Angliviel de la Beaumelle, Giovanni Alberto Agnelli (1964–1997) married Frances Avery Howe (b. Anna Agnelli. In the 1970s Gianni and Umberto Agnelli hired Cesare Romiti, known as Il Duro or the tough guy. According to the Independent Fiat survived the early first years of the twentieth century thanks to "generous government subsidies paid by Italian taxpayers. [22], Gianni explained his popularity in Italy by saying that he was "always present." [7], In 1996 when Gianni reached the mandatory retirement age of 75[8] after serving as Fiat chairman for 30 years,[7] Romiti replaced him as chairman. Umberto Agnelli. Virginia was born on May 24 1899, in Roma, Italia. She divided up Gianni Agnelli's (1934–2003) personal assets with her daughter, Margherita Agnelli de Pahlen. Fiat chief Umberto Agnelli dead May 28, 2004 11:43 IST. "[10][11][12][13][14] Romiti led the firm from 28 February 1996 to 22 June 1998. When the big push came, it fell to pieces while the royal court continued to fight over succession." [28] When he knew he was dying and Fiat was in financial trouble, Gianni asked Umberto to return as Fiat's CEO. His son Andrea is the current chairman of Juventus. Umberto Agnelli, (born November 1, 1934, Lausanne, Switzerland—died May 27, 2004, Turin, Italy), Italian automotive executive and grandson of Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of Fiat SpA.He served as the company’s chairman from 2003 to 2004. John Elkann (1976–) is the chairman and CEO of Exor, an investment company controlled by the Agnelli family, which controls Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), CNH Industrial, Ferrari, Juventus F.C., Cushman & Wakefield and the Economist Group. Despite this, Forbes magazine estimated he was the world's 68th richest man with an approximate net worth of US$5.5 billion. In 2015, he was posthumously inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.[2]. Fiat Group, core business of the clan, have majority control and some participation in several Italian organizations: EXOR, the family's holding company, owns over 47% of the shares of the Economist Group. He "died at the age of 81, after a prolonged battle with prostate cancer". Umberto Agnelli (1 November 1934 – 27 May 2004) was an Italian entrepreneur and politician. "[8], While Fiat was a family-controlled company, Gianni Agnelli alone held the family’s controlling stake for nearly 60 years. By 1956 he had become the "richest businessman in modern Italian history. 1955) married firstly, Samaritana Rattazzi (b. Umberto and Allegra had two children: Andrea (born 1975) and Anna (born 1977). He was the third son of Virginia Agnelli (born Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte) and of Edoardo Agnelli, and the youngest brother of Gianni Agnelli. [43][44], Juventus' majority owners since the club's conversion to a public limited company in 1967, since 2011 it is presided by Andrea Agnelli, grandson of Edoardo Agnelli, the first member of the family in front of the maximum club's dirigencial charge and considered the ideologue of the Juventus Style. At the prestigious 2008 photography exhibition in Rome entitled Gianni Agnelli: An Extraordinary Life, the Agnelli family and the Italian government honoured L’Avvocato. His political experience was shadowed by a scandal in which the Agnelli Foundation donated funds to the right-win… No need to register, buy now! "[3][1] eventually filing "a lawsuit against her father’s three longtime advisors: Gabetti, Grande Stevens and Marrone and her own mother, Marella Agnelli, on May 30, 2007. Then there were other events such as closer relations with the Americans, and I was there.... We had difficult moments such as terrorism, and I never pulled back. Umberto Agnelli was born on month day 1934, at birth place, to Edoardo Leopoldo Ferdinando Agnelli and Virginia Agnelli (born Bourbon del Monte). 1975) (current President of Juventus F.C.) Not much is known about Andrea Agnelli’s mother. Print Family Tree Parents. [10] In 2009 as the U.S. automobile industry was collapsing Fiat became a trailblazer by acquiring an initial 20% stake in the then-bankrupt Chrysler company in a deal with the Obama administration. D’Antona & Partners, a Milan-based public-relations firm, provided The Wall Street Journal with news of the lawsuit before the Agnelli family was aware of it. In a lawsuit filed in 2007 and rejected in 2010, Margherita Agnelli asked that the "2004 inheritance agreement signed with her mother be annulled, claiming that it was based on incomplete information. Fiat formerly represented 4.4% of Italy's GDP. Even the heirs of Umberto Agnelli, represented by his son Andrea and his sister Anna, increase their participation rising to 11.85% of GA Bv and thus becoming second shareholders ahead of the Maria Sole branch, which instead fell from 12.56% to 11.63%. Find the perfect umberto agnelli stock photo. Fiat had taken out a three-billion-euro loan made in 2002 and was unable to pay it back. They had two children, a son named Andrea born in 1975, and a daughter Anna born in 1977. [39], The Agnellis have been credited for much of the team's success and, by extension, in the development of national football, due an administrative gestion model and sporting ethos called by the country's mass media since the 1930s as Stile Juventus (Juventus Style)[40][41] based in patience, consistency and a kind of effective and efficient long-term strategic planning unusual for the administrative model generally used in Italy, both of which the ownership is renowned for. He was CEO of Fiat from 1970 to 1976. Fiat is an "individual privately-owned oligopoly. Allegra is the first cousin of Umberto's sister in law Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto, the wife of his brother Giovanni (Gianni). [38] That society between the club and the Torinese industrial dynasty is the oldest and most uninterrupted in Italian sports, making it one of the first professional sporting clubs in the country. 2 at GE", "BMW confident as sales charge to pounds 2Obn record", "The Controversial Legacy of 'Mani Pulite': A Critical Analysis of Italian Corruption and Anti-Corruption Policies", "Lawsuit Drives Rift Among Agnellis Fiat Patriarch's Daughter Wants Fresh Accounting of His Estate", "Fiat and Chrysler Hoping it will hold together", "Agnelli family company fined over Fiat share dealings By Adrian Michaels in Rome", "Page about Exor], speaking of Grande Stevens and Gianluigi Gabetti, both involved in the Ifi-Ifil scandal", "Juventus, qui fabbricano vittorie fin dal 1923...", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agnelli_family&oldid=995184764, All articles with broken links to citations, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Clara Nasi (1913-2011) married Luca [dei marchesi] Ferrero de Gubernatis Ventimiglia (1906-1982), Laura Nasi (1914-1996) married Count Giancarlo Camerana (1909-1955), Giovanni Nasi (1918-1995) married Marinella Wolf (1922-2002), Umberta Nasi (1922-2004) married firstly Giuseppe Frua de Angeli (1912-1981), and then Giorgio Ajmone-Marsan (1926-2009), Emanuele Nasi (1928-1970) married Marisa Coop Diatto (1927-2016), Prince Alexandre Egon von Fürstenberg (b. He was the head of Fiat from 1966 to 2003 and made the co… 2005) Giacomo Dai Agnelli (b. Umberto Agnelli (1 November 1934 – 27 May 2004) was an Italian entrepreneur and politician.His brother was Gianni Agnelli.. married Emma Winter . "[3] In the 1960s and 1970s Fiat produced millions of modest cars including tiny 500 and 600 hatchbacks. [1] She had three children John, Lapo and Ginevra who inherited the largest shares of the Agnelli fortune. Gianni Umberto Agnelli. View the profiles of people named Roberto Agnelli. [3] At one time the Agnelli assets represented 4.4% of Italy's GDP. [31], In 2005, Lapo Elkann, (1977–) John's brother, was forced to leave the family company because of a scandal but by 2015 was still one of the largest shareholders in the family business along with John, and their sister Ginevra Elkann (1979–). [2] Most members of the family are stakeholders in privately owned Giovanni Agnelli B.V., incorporated in the Netherlands for tax purposes, which in turn has a controlling stake in the publicly listed holding company Exor. Romiti was instrumental in the company's return to profitability during this period. In 2013 he was considered to be the world's fourth most influential manager under the age of 40 by Fortune magazine. Early life. When Umberto was 40 years old, he married Allegra Caracciolo. 2 He was the son of Edoardo Agnelli and Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte dei principi di San Faustino. [42] Juventus success in the first half of the 1930s allowed that management to influence in the management model from other Serie A clubs since the end of World War II, emerging as the reference organisational model for the sport in the Peninsula. Umberto Agnelli was born in 1934, the youngest of seven children. In 2009 he was prosecuted for market manipulation in the equity swap of Ifi-Ifil (now Exor), Agnelli's holding company and Fiat's financial company. Umberto Agnelli was born on November 1 1934 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Andrea Agnelli’s mother is the first cousin of Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto, who was the wife of umberto's brother, Gianni. Though he was a senior executive in the family company, Fiat, he was sidelined from taking a leadership role by his brother Gianni until the latter's death in 2003. Umberto Agnelli, born 1 November 1934 (Thursday) - Lausanne, Suisse, deceased 28 May 2004 (Friday) - Torino, Italie aged 69 years old, Président de FIAT. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.[3]. "There was a war and I, like many others, took part. Umberto Agnelli (1 November 1934 – 27 May 2004) was an Italian entrepreneur and politician.His brother was Gianni Agnelli.. The ladies come from the old Neapolitan noble family that has, among other, the titles of nobility of Prince of Castagneto and Duke of Melito. After WWII he earned a Law de­gree at Turin Uni­ver­sity and his nick­name was L’Avvo­cato (“The Lawyer”). Umberto Agnelli (1 November 1934 – 27 May 2004) was an Italian industrialist and politician.He was the third son of Virginia Agnelli(born Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte) and of Edoardo Agnelli, and the youngest brother of Gianni Agnelli. In the course of our lives, of our generation, there also have been happier moments. The Group controlled several Italian newspapers and publishers in addition to the FIAT car-firms and Juventus. Agnelli was chairman of FIAT-controlled Juventus Football Club between 1956–61 and was honorary chairman from 1970–2004. ... Allegra, his son, Andrea, and daughter, Anna. [23], Umberto Agnelli was chairman of IFIL Group, the family investment company. Gianni Agnelli (1921–2003) was the oldest son of the industrialist and principal family shareholder of the Italian car company Fiat, Edoardo Agnelli.After WWII he earned a Law degree at Turin University and his nickname was L’Avvocato (“The Lawyer”). His grandmother, Marella Agnelli (1927–) gave her shares to him to secure his control of the family empire. Umberto Agnelli (businessman, politician) Born: 1934-11-01 Lausanne, Switzerland: Died: 2004-05-27 (Age 69) Piedmont, Italy: Nationality: Italian: Parents • Edoardo Agnelli • Virginia Bourbon del Monte: Children • Giovanni Alberto Agnelli • Andrea Agnelli • Anna Agnelli… By 2013 Chrysler was profitable again but an article in The Economist questioned the financial future of the merged company. Carlo was born on July 7 1743, in racconigi. Edoardo Agnelli (1892–1935), industrialist and principal family shareholder of the Italian car company Fiat, was the son of Giovanni Agnelli (1866–1945), the founder of Fiat. He served as a CEO of Italian carmaker Fiat from 1970 to 1976[1] and, on the death of his brother Gianni, was briefly chairman of the FIAT Group, 2003–2004, until his own death, aged 69, the following year. Agnelli's daughter Susanna Agnelli is the first woman to have been Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy. They had three sons but their first, twin boys, died shortly after birth. CEO Sergio Marchionne returned the company to profit in 2005. He was chairman of Fiat Auto 1980–90 and a member of International Advisory Board 1993–2004. The family has sometimes been described in the English-speaking world as "the Kennedys of Italy" for their role in the country's contemporary history and their activity of patronage in modern art and in sports. The share of the Nasi, represented by Alessandro, instead reaches 8.79%. Andrea later followed in his father's footsteps by becoming chairman of Juventus, in 2010. Umberto Agnelli (1 November 1934 – 27 May 2004) was an Italian industrialist and politician.He was the third son of Virginia Agnelli (born Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte) and of Edoardo Agnelli, and whence he was the youngest brother of Gianni Agnelli.. "[10], Gianni Agnelli was considered to be the most prominent spokesperson representing the Italian economic elites. They are also primarily known for other activities in the automotive industry by investing in Ferrari (1969), Lancia (1969), Alfa Romeo (1986) and Chrysler, the latter acquired by Fiat after it filed for bankruptcy in 2009. 2011) Anna Agnelli (b. They have one daughter: Margherita Agnelli (b. He was the second son of Virginia Agnelli and of the industrialist Edoardo Agnelli. [16][17], February 1992 saw the start of the mani pulite (Clean Hands) judicial inquiry into Tangentopoli,[18][19][20] nationwide corruption with a large number of politicians, bureaucrats and entrepreneurs involved including senior Fiat executives. His mother was Antonella Piaggio, … Gianni was a Fiat CEO. [23]:27, Franzo Grande Stevens (1928–), is the lawyer of the family. John Elkann was chosen as heir to the Agnelli business dynasty in 1997 and took the reins when his grandfather died in 2003. He was the third son of Virginia Agnelli and of Edoardo Agnelli, and the youngest brother of Gianni Agnelli. His life was beset by an unusual amount of tragedy and bereavement. Umberto Agnelli was chairman and later honorary chairman of Juventus, the football team long-associated with FIAT and the Agnelli family. Giorgio Agnelli (1929-65) Umberto Agnelli (1934-2004) married firstly Antonella Bechi Piaggio (divorced) and then Allegra Caracciolo di Castagneto . [34], In 2011, Stevens was influential in encouraging Exor CEO John Elkann to move Exor's headquarters from Turin to Hong Kong. Agnelli was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, the youngest of seven children. Giovanni Alberto Agnelli (1964-97) Andrea Agnelli (b. This saved Chrysler. Andrea Agnelli Married toEmma Winter In 2004 John Elkann married Donna Lavinia Borromeo, an heiress of the Borromeo family. He was a senator of the Italian Republic, from 1976 to 1979. Gianni e Umberto Agnelli, 1965 - san dl SAN IMG-00001296.jpg 429 × 583; 121 KB Iotti Umberto e Gianni Agnelli.jpg 546 × 393; 36 KB Umberto Agnelli and Antonella Piaggio 1960 Olympics.jpg 772 × 794; 164 KB 2 likes. He was also chairman and later honorary chairman[citation needed] of Juventus, the football team long-associated with FIAT and the Agnelli family, and was for a time the president of the Italian Football Association. The son of Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of Fiat, and married Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte , a daughter of the Carlo del Monte, Prince di San Faustino and … since the club's conversion to a public limited company in 1967. Anna Maria Caterina Agnelli was born in 1790, to Carlo Francesco Antonio Agnelli and Maria Teresa Agnelli (born Vacchetta). Fiat president Umberto Agnelli has died at the age of 69, the Italian news agency ANSA reported on Friday. From 2001 to 2004 Fiat had lost more than 6 billion euros and was close to bankruptcy. He had seven children, Clara (1920–2016), Gianni (1921–2003), Susanna (1922–2009), Maria Sole Agnelli (1925–), Cristiana (1927–), Giorgio Agnelli (1929–1965) and Umberto (1934–2004). [15] Paolo Fresco succeeded him in the aforementioned post. Umberto Agnelli, (n 1 noiembrie 1934, Lausanne - d. 27 mai 2004, Torino) a fost un om de afaceri italian, politician și președinte al FIAT din 2003 până la decesul lui. [23]:26 When Gianni died in 2003, Umberto asked the octogenarian to return as CEO of Ifil. L'Avvocato's death was associated with the closing of a chapter by "commentators, politicians, and institutional representatives."[20]:193. [23]:18 By 2003, when he died, "The GA&C partnership was worth about 1.3 billion euros, and its assets consisted of listed holding companies Istituto Finanziario Industriale (IFI) and Istituto Finanziaria di Partecipazioni (IFIL), through which the family controlled Fiat and IFIL’s stakes in other companies. Umberto's wife, Allegra, as well as his children Andrea and Anna, were with Umberto when he died in their home just outside Turin, the Apcom news agency said. "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Umberto_Agnelli&oldid=993706576, Members of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2017, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 December 2020, at 01:42. [8] A 1997 article published in The Economist quoted Gianni Agnelli confidence in the Turin Two's innocence and concluded that business attitudes among Italy's powerful ancien régime was left unchanged since the scandal of tangentopoli (“bribesville”) emerged. He had two children with Allegra, Andrea and Anna. Despite early successes Agnelli in 1976 suddenly stepped down from all industrial positions to run for election as an independent senator on the centrist list of the Christian Democrats, Italy's ruling party at the time. Elkann chairs and controls the automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (which owns the Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Mopar and Ram brands).[30]. He is the oldest son of Alain Elkann and Margherita Agnelli de Pahlen. After graduating from the University of Turin with a law degree in 1959, Agnelli joined the family’s automotive enterprise, Fiat. [7][8] Gianni Agnelli in fact had defended the actions of Romiti and the co-accused Francesco Paolo Mattioli, Fiat's chief financial officer. Andrea then went on to his father's footsteps by becoming chairman of Juventus in 2010. view all Umberto Agnelli's Timeline. His father was Umberto Agnelli, grandson of the founder of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli, and the younger brother of Gianni. 16 February 1971). Umberto Agnelli's grand nieces and grand nephews: Umberto Agnelli's great nephew is John Elkann Umberto Agnelli's great nephew is Lapo Elkann Umberto Agnelli's great niece is Ginevra Elkann Umberto Agnelli's great niece is Marella Zampolli Umberto Agnelli's great niece is Martina Zampolli Umberto Agnelli's great niece is Anna Sermonti Umberto Agnelli's great nephew is Pietro Sermonti Umberto … Agnelli was chairman of Fiat France 1965–80, chief executive officer of Fiat SpA 1970–76 and vice-president 1976–93. Gianni Agnelli married Marella Agnelli (1927–2019)[25][26][27] They had one son Edoardo Agnelli and one daughter Countess Margherita Agnelli de Pahlen. In Turin, Italy in March 2010 Judge Brunella Rosso rejected the lawsuit filed against Margherita’s mother Marella Agnelli and advisers Franzo Grande Stevens and Gianluigi Gabetti. ... Andrea; and a daughter, Anna… They signed contracts with Merrill Lynch which allowed Ifil "to retain its 30 per cent of Fiat in spite of banks in the same period converting billions of euros of debt owed to them by Fiat into equity in the company. Juventus, the most renowned Italian association football club,[36] and one of world's most successful teams[37] operated by the Agnellis since 1923 to 1943 and since 1947 to date. "[8] Romiti "was one of the most prominent people convicted since the start of Italy's campaign against corruption in 1992." 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