24 January 2003(2003-01-24) (aged 81) Turin, Italy
Political 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
Giovanni "Gianni" AgnelliCavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI OML OMCA CGVM CMG (Italian:[ˈdʒanniaɲˈɲɛlli]; 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.[1]
Agnelli was regarded as having an impeccable and slightly eccentric fashion sense,[2] 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.[3] Following his death in 2003, control of the firm was gradually passed to his grandson and chosen heir, John Elkann.[1]
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^Raab, Scott (20 August 2007). "The Best Dressed Men in the History of the World". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^"Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana – Le Onorificenze: Giovanni Agnelli" (in Italian). Quirinale. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI OML OMCA CGVM CMG (Italian: [ˈdʒanni aɲˈɲɛlli]; 12 March 1921 – 24 January 2003), nicknamed L'Avvocato...
collector, socialite, style icon, and wife of Fiat S.p.A. chairman GianniAgnelli. She often appeared in the fashion magazine Vogue. She was named to...
Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli (1921–2003) (also known as L'Avvocato) married Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto (1927-2019) Edoardo Agnelli III (1954–2000)...
Edoardo Agnelli (9 June 1954 – 15 November 2000) was the eldest child and only son of GianniAgnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat S.p.A., and of...
grandson, GianniAgnelli, whom he took care of since his son, Edoardo Agnelli, died in a plane accident in 1935. In the late 19th century, Agnelli heard about...
associated with Fiat S.p.A. Agnelli's father was politician and industrialist Umberto Agnelli; his uncle was Fiat head GianniAgnelli. Prior to his 1997 death...
Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte) and Edoardo Agnelli, and the youngest brother of GianniAgnelli. Agnelli served as a CEO of Italian carmaker Fiat from...
grandfather GianniAgnelli, following the death of Gianni's nephew Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, and since 2004 has been leading the Agnelli family, an Italian...
d'Adda, Susanna Agnelli, Maria Sole Agnelli, GianniAgnelli, Giorgio Agnelli, and Umberto Agnelli. Her paternal grandfather, Giovanni Agnelli, was the founder...
Andrea Agnelli (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa aɲˈɲɛlli]; born 6 December 1975) is an Italian businessman. Since May 2010, Agnelli has served as chairman...
(1892–1935) Marella Agnelli (1927–2019), born Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto, Italian princess and style icon, wife of Gianni Edoardo Agnelli (1954–2000)...
controlled by the Agnelli family, which also owns Juventus FC Elkann is a grandson of Fiat chairman GianniAgnelli and Marella Agnelli. He is nephew of...
prototype is actually on display at the GianniAgnelli Automobile Museum in Turin. In the course of the 90s, Gianni Bulgari took a controlling interest in...
Maria Sole Agnelli (born 9 August 1925) is an Italian entrepreneur, politician, and a major shareholder of GianniAgnelli & Co. She is the fourth daughter...
(24 May 1899 – 30 November 1945) was the wife of Edoardo Agnelli and the mother of GianniAgnelli. Born in Rome, she was the daughter of Carlo Bourbon del...
director, granddaughter of GianniAgnelli John Elkann (born 1976), an Italian industrialist, grandson of the late GianniAgnelli, heir to the automaker Fiat...
and socialite. She is a member of the Agnelli family and granddaughter of Italian industrialist GianniAgnelli. Elkann was born in London, on 24 September...
Palazzo was purchased by the Fiat Group in 1983, under the late chairman GianniAgnelli, and it underwent a complete restoration overseen by architect Gae Aulenti...
at the wheel. All major Fiat personalities were present, including GianniAgnelli, president Vittorio Valletta and engineer Dante Giacosa, director of...
holding company of the Agnelli family. He worked there as their closest financial adviser for over thirty years. When GianniAgnelli died in 2003, his younger...
industrialist Edoardo Agnelli. Until 1996, his older brother GianniAgnelli was the head of Fiat S.p.A., which was founded by Giovanni Agnelli. He studied at...
grandfather, Giovanni Agnelli, founded Fiat S.p.A. She is the sister of GianniAgnelli, who was the head of Fiat until 1996; members of the Agnelli family are still...
first round as the fourth-best third-placed team; Juventus president GianniAgnelli famously called Baggio un coniglio bagnato ("a wet rabbit"), referring...
family have lived in the country house since 1811. Marella Agnelli, widow of GianniAgnelli, lived there. The family estate has a football pitch which...
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