http://woiweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gianni_Agnelli&feed=atom&action=historyGianni Agnelli - Revision history2024-03-29T05:37:17ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.0http://woiweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gianni_Agnelli&diff=58461&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 16:09, 2 August 20092009-08-02T16:09:55Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Senator Giovanni Agnelli''', [[Italian orders of merit|Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI]] ([[March 12]], [[1921]] – [[January 24]], [[2003]]), better known as '''Gianni Agnelli''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[industrialist]] and principal shareholder of [[Fiat]]. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's [[gross national product|GNP]], 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Senator Giovanni Agnelli''', [[Italian orders of merit|Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI]] ([[March 12]], [[1921]] – [[January 24]], [[2003]]), better known as '''Gianni Agnelli''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[industrialist]] and principal shareholder of [[Fiat]]. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's [[gross national product|GNP]], 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research.</div></td></tr>
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</table>WikiSysophttp://woiweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gianni_Agnelli&diff=51757&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 02:28, 25 March 20092009-03-25T02:28:58Z<p></p>
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</table>WikiSysophttp://woiweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gianni_Agnelli&diff=51756&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 02:28, 25 March 20092009-03-25T02:28:44Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Senator Giovanni Agnelli''', [[Italian orders of merit|Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI]] ([[March 12]], [[1921]] – [[January 24]], [[2003]]), better known as '''Gianni Agnelli''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[industrialist]] and principal shareholder of [[Fiat]]. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's [[gross national product|GNP]], 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Senator Giovanni Agnelli''', [[Italian orders of merit|Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI]] ([[March 12]], [[1921]] – [[January 24]], [[2003]]), better known as '''Gianni Agnelli''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[industrialist]] and principal shareholder of [[Fiat]]. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's [[gross national product|GNP]], 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research.</div></td></tr>
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</table>WikiSysophttp://woiweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gianni_Agnelli&diff=35052&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 01:09, 28 December 20072007-12-28T01:09:32Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nicknamed ''L'Avvocato'' ( the lawyer ) because he had a degree in law (though he was never admitted to the Order of Lawyers), Agnelli represented the most important figure in Italian economy, the symbol of capitalism during all the second half of 20th century, and regarded by many as the true "[[King of Italy]]". A cultivated man of keen intelligence and a peculiar sense of humour, he was perhaps the most famous Italian abroad, forming deep relationships with international bankers and politicians (some of them became close friends, like [[Henry Kissinger]]). Another longtime associate was [[David Rockefeller]], who appointed him to the ''International Advisory Committeee'' (IAC) of the [[Chase Manhattan Bank]], of which Rockefeller was chairman; Agnelli sat on this committee for thirty years. He was also a member of a syndicate with Rockefeller that for a time in the 1980s owned [[Rockefeller Center]].<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>Association with David Rockefeller - see his ''Memoirs'', New York: Random House, 2002 (pp. 208, 479, 481)</ref> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nicknamed ''L'Avvocato'' ( the lawyer ) because he had a degree in law (though he was never admitted to the Order of Lawyers), Agnelli represented the most important figure in Italian economy, the symbol of capitalism during all the second half of 20th century, and regarded by many as the true "[[King of Italy]]". A cultivated man of keen intelligence and a peculiar sense of humour, he was perhaps the most famous Italian abroad, forming deep relationships with international bankers and politicians (some of them became close friends, like [[Henry Kissinger]]). Another longtime associate was [[David Rockefeller]], who appointed him to the ''International Advisory Committeee'' (IAC) of the [[Chase Manhattan Bank]], of which Rockefeller was chairman; Agnelli sat on this committee for thirty years. He was also a member of a syndicate with Rockefeller that for a time in the 1980s owned [[Rockefeller Center]]. </div></td></tr>
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</table>WikiSysophttp://woiweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gianni_Agnelli&diff=35051&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 01:08, 28 December 20072007-12-28T01:08:47Z<p></p>
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</table>WikiSysophttp://woiweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gianni_Agnelli&diff=35050&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 01:08, 28 December 20072007-12-28T01:08:27Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">__NOEDITSECTION__</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Image:Giovanni Agnelli.gif|right|frame|Gianni Agnelli.]]</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Umberto </del>Agnelli''', <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">November 1</del>]] [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1934</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">- </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">28 May</del>]] [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2004</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) was the chairman of Italian carmaker </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Fiat</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from early 2003 until his death. </del>Agnelli was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">born in </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lausanne</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Switzerland</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Agnelli was a senior executive in Fiat which is an Agnelli family company but was sidelined by his brother </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gianni Agnelli</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">until his brother died in 2003</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He then took over </del>the Fiat <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">group</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which also </del>controlled <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Italian newspapers, and the </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Juventus</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">soccer club</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of which he had served as chairman</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Umberto Agnelli was in the process </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">restoring Fiat's balance sheet after the company's balance sheet, market share</del>, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">share value were all in decline</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Despite this, [[Forbes]] magazine estimated he was the world's 68th richest man with an approximate net worth </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">$1.5 billion US</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Senator Giovanni </ins>Agnelli''', [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Italian orders of merit|Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">March 12</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1921</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">– </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">January 24</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2003</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">), better known as '''Gianni </ins>Agnelli<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''', </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Italy|Italian</ins>]] [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">industrialist</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and principal shareholder of </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Fiat</ins>]]. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">As </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">head of </ins>Fiat, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he </ins>controlled <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">4.4% of Italy's </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gross national product|GNP</ins>]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">3</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1% </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">its industrial workforce</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">16</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5% </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">its industrial investment in research</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">died </del>in [[Turin]], [[Italy]] of [[cancer]] at <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">69</del>. He and his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wife </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Allegra Agnelli</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had three children</del>, of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">whom two survive</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Elder </del>son <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Giovanni Alberto </del>Agnelli was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">groomed </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">succeed </del>at <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Fiat but died young </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cancer </del>in [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1997</del>]]. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Younger </del>son <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Andrea </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">named </del>a Fiat <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">director after Umberto </del>Agnelli's death, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">though </del>Gianni <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agnelli</del>'s <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">grandson </del>[[John Elkann]], named vice chairman, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the next likely family head </del>of the company. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Umberto</del>'s <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">daughter Anna </del>also <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">survives.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">As a public figure, Agnelli is also known worldwide for his impeccable, slightly eccentric fashion sense [http://www.esquire.com/style/bestdressedhistory0907], which has influenced both Italian and international men’s [[fashion]].</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Early life==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agnelli was born at his parents' country house, Villar Perosa, near [[Turin]], Italy as the son of [[Eduardo Agnelli]] (1892-1935) and Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte (1899-1945), a daughter of the Prince di San Faustino and his [[Kentucky]]-born wife Jane Campbell.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also was a grandson of [[Giovanni Agnelli]], the founder of the Italian car industry FIAT, and from whom he inherited the command in 1966, after a period of temporary "rule" by [[Vittorio Valletta]] during which Gianni was learning how his family's company worked. Agnelli raised Fiat to become the most important company in Italy, and one of the major car builders of [[Europe]]. He also developed the accessory business, with minor companies also operating </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">military industry. Agnelli and Fiat would come to share a common vision, Agnelli meaning Fiat and, more sensibly, Fiat meaning Agnelli.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agnelli was educated at [[Pinerolo]] </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Cavalry]] Academy, and studied law at the [[University of </ins>Turin]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">although he never practiced law. He joined a tank [[regiment]] in June 1940 when Italy entered [[World War II]]. He fought at the Russian front, being wounded twice. He went in a Fiat-built armoured-car division to North Africa, where he was shot in the arm by a German officer during a bar fight over a woman. After Italy surrendered, due to his fluency in English, he became a liaison officer with the occupying u.s. troops. His grandfather, who had manufactured vehicles for the </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Axis powers|Axis]] during the war, was forced to retire from FIAT but named Valletta to be his successor. Gianni's grandfather died, leaving Gianni head of the family but Valletta running the company. Fiat then began producing </ins>Italy<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s first inexpensive mass-produced car.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Head of Fiat==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agnelli became president of Fiat in 1966. He opened factories from Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) to South America, and started international alliances and joint-ventures (like [[Iveco]]) which marked a new industrial mentality. In the 1970s, during the international petrol crisis, he sold part of the company to Lafico, a [[Libya]]n company owned by [[Moammar Al Qadhafi|Colonel Qaddhafi]]; Agnelli would later repurchase these shares, however.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His relationships with the Left, especially with [[Enrico Berlinguer]]'s Communist Party, were the essence of the relationships between labour forces and Italian industry. The social conflicts related to Fiat's policies (some say ''politics'') always saw Agnelli keeping the leading role; in the 1980s, during the last important trade union action, a dramatic situation in which a strike was blocking all of Fiat's production, he was able to organise the march of 40,000 workers who broke the pickets and re-entered the factories. This marked the end of the power of trade unions, which would never again be so influential in the Italian political or economic scenes. It has to be mentioned that in the 1970s Fiat and its leaders became an object of terrorist attacks, mostly by the [[Red Brigades</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, [[Prima Linea]] and [[NAP]]; Several people working for the group were killed, and trade unions were suspected </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hiding some terrorists in their organizations, albeit this was later disproved when the same terrorists targeted trade unionists like [[Guido Rossa]].</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agnelli was named [[senator for life]] in 1991 and subscribed to the independent parliamentary group; he was later named a member of the senate's defence commission.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">At the beginning of the 2000s, Agnelli made overtures to </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">General Motors Corporation|General Motors]], with whom an agreement was reached to progressively let the American company court Fiat. The recent serious crisis of Fiat found Agnelli already fighting against </ins>cancer<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and he could take little part in these events.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agnelli was also closely connected with [[Juventus</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, one of the most renowned Italian [[football (soccer)|football]] clubs, of which he was a fan and, for a period, the direct owner. His phone calls, every morning </ins>at <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">6 am, from wherever he was, whatever was he doing, to the Juventus' president [[Giampiero Boniperti]], were legendary.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nicknamed ''L'Avvocato'' ( the lawyer ) because he had a degree in law (though he was never admitted to the Order of Lawyers), Agnelli represented the most important figure in Italian economy, the symbol of capitalism during all the second half of 20th century, and regarded by many as the true "[[King of Italy]]". A cultivated man of keen intelligence and a peculiar sense of humour, he was perhaps the most famous Italian abroad, forming deep relationships with international bankers and politicians (some of them became close friends, like [[Henry Kissinger]]). Another longtime associate was [[David Rockefeller]], who appointed him to the ''International Advisory Committeee'' (IAC) of the [[Chase Manhattan Bank]], of which Rockefeller was chairman; Agnelli sat on this committee for thirty years</ins>. He <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was also a member of a syndicate with Rockefeller that for a time in the 1980s owned [[Rockefeller Center]].<ref>Association with David Rockefeller - see his ''Memoirs'', New York: Random House, 2002 (pp. 208, 479, 481)</ref> </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Prior to his marriage on [[November 19]], [[1953]] Donna [[Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto]] — a half-American, half-Neapolitan princess who made a small but significant name as a fabric designer </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a bigger name as a tastemaker — Agnelli was a noted playboy whose mistresses included the socialite [[Pamela Harriman]]. Though Agnelli continued to be involved with other women during </ins>his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">marriage, including th film star [[Anita Ekberg]] and the American fashion designer </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jackie Rogers</ins>]],<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.nyobserver.com/2007/jackie-oh?page=0%2C1] the Agnellis remained married until his death </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Prostate cancer]] in 2003. He was universally considered to be a man of exquisite taste. He left his extraordary paintings to the city of Turin in 2002</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Their only </ins>son<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, [[Edoardo </ins>Agnelli<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]], </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">born seven months after the couple's wedding, in New York City on [[June 9]], [[1954]]. Gianni gave up trying to groom him </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">take over Fiat, seeing how the boy was more interested in mysticism than making cars (he studied religion </ins>at <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Princeton University|Princeton]] and took part in a world day </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">prayer </ins>in [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Assisi]]). Edoardo — who seemed burdened by the mantle of his surname — committed suicide on [[November 15]], [[2000</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">by jumping off a bridge in Turin; Gianni himself joined police at the scene</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Edoardo never married, but he had one </ins>son <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">( born out of wedlock in 1973), who was not recognized by Gianni Agnelli.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The many detractors underline that in all his activity Agnelli mainly followed his family's interests, despite the eventual damage that this could cause to the nation. Fiat </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">always regarded by the Italian government as </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sort of "obligation-free" company, for which the national labour and tax laws could be adjusted according to </ins>Fiat<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s interests. Also, he was seen as a man who was continuing to enrich himself while Italy was getting poorer. Agnelli never responded to these accusations.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is, however, necessary to note how he was never personally involved in the many political scandals of the [[Bettino Craxi]] government era, even if bribery was publicly admitted in 1994 by [[Cesare Romiti]], </ins>Agnelli's <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">most trusted administrator for some 25 years. Number 3 in Fiat's hierarchy, Mattioli was imprisoned for bribery like Papi, leader of the Fiat-controlled Cogefar company. At the time, investigations were started after suspicions of special relationships with [[Salvo Lima]], a [[Sicily|Sicilian]] [[Democrazia Cristiana|DC]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] later recognised as a [[mafioso]].</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agnelli stepped down in 1996, but stayed on as honorary chairman until his </ins>death<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Giovanni Alberto [[Giovannino Agnelli]] </ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the son of </ins>Gianni's <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">younger brother, [[Umberto Agnelli]], died of a rare form of cancer in 1997 at age 33 while he was being groomed by his uncle to head the Fiat Group. </ins>[[John Elkann]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the son of Gianni and Marella's daughter, Margherita, was expected to take over Fiat after Gianni's death. However, Umberto became chairman, taking over from [[Paolo Fresco]]. Fresco had diversified the Group's holdings, but Umberto refocused its activities on its auto and mechanics division. He then brought in [[Giuseppe Morchio]] to mastermind a rescue strategy for the company. Morchio was expected to continue to run the Fiat Group as it attempted to claw its way out of its latest financial crisis. However, upon Umberto's death, [[Ferrari]] chairman [[Luca Cordero di Montezemolo]] was </ins>named <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">chairman, with Elkann as </ins>vice chairman<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">; Morchio immediately offered his resignation. As his successor was named [[Sergio Marchionne]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an expert </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reorganisation, who led between 2002 and 2004 </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Swiss certification </ins>company<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, [[Societé Générale de Surveillance]] (SGS)</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mr. Agnelli’s fashion sense stood out, even in a country like Italy, where dressing well and fashionably is generally perceived as very important. His style has inspired and influenced menswear throughout the years, in Italy and around the world. In his retirement speech, [[Milan]]ese fashion designer [[Nino Cerruti]] named Agnelli as one of his biggest inspirations, amongst [[James Bond]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agnelli’s dress style was a combination of a foundation of classic suits, combined with eye-catching personal tricks. He had a large number of bespoke [[Caraceni]] suits, which were of very high quality, classical and yet had the signature Italian bravura. It were the accessories and the way they were worn that made Agnelli stand out as a fashionista. He is known for wearing his [[wristwatch]] over his cuff, wearing his tie askew or wearing (fashionable) high brown hiking boots under a bespoke suit. All these tricks were carefully chosen in order to convey [[Sprezzatura]], the Italian art of making the difficult look easy. His outfits were scrupulously chosen to the last detail, yet the accessory choices appeared as errors, making it look as if he did not care or make an effort about the way he was dressed.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>WikiSysophttp://woiweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gianni_Agnelli&diff=27881&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 04:12, 17 June 20072007-06-17T04:12:48Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Umberto Agnelli''', ([[November 1]] [[1934]] - [[28 May]] [[2004]]) was the chairman of Italian carmaker [[Fiat]] from early 2003 until his death. Agnelli was born in [[Lausanne]] in [[Switzerland]]. Agnelli was a senior executive in Fiat which is an Agnelli family company but was sidelined by his brother [[Gianni Agnelli]] until his brother died in 2003. He then took over the Fiat group, which also controlled Italian newspapers, and the [[Juventus]] soccer club, of which he had served as chairman. Umberto Agnelli was in the process of restoring Fiat's balance sheet after the company's balance sheet, market share, and share value were all in decline. Despite this, [[Forbes]] magazine estimated he was the world's 68th richest man with an approximate net worth of $1.5 billion US.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Umberto Agnelli''', ([[November 1]] [[1934]] - [[28 May]] [[2004]]) was the chairman of Italian carmaker [[Fiat]] from early 2003 until his death. Agnelli was born in [[Lausanne]] in [[Switzerland]]. Agnelli was a senior executive in Fiat which is an Agnelli family company but was sidelined by his brother [[Gianni Agnelli]] until his brother died in 2003. He then took over the Fiat group, which also controlled Italian newspapers, and the [[Juventus]] soccer club, of which he had served as chairman. Umberto Agnelli was in the process of restoring Fiat's balance sheet after the company's balance sheet, market share, and share value were all in decline. Despite this, [[Forbes]] magazine estimated he was the world's 68th richest man with an approximate net worth of $1.5 billion US.</div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Umberto Agnelli''', ([[November 1]] [[1934]] - [[28 May]] [[2004]]) was the chairman of Italian carmaker [[Fiat]] from early 2003 until his death. Agnelli was born in [[Lausanne]] in [[Switzerland]]. Agnelli was a senior executive in Fiat which is an Agnelli family company but was sidelined by his brother [[Gianni Agnelli]] until his brother died in 2003. He then took over the Fiat group, which also controlled Italian newspapers, and the [[Juventus]] soccer club, of which he had served as chairman. Umberto Agnelli was in the process of restoring Fiat's balance sheet after the company's balance sheet, market share, and share value were all in decline. Despite this, [[Forbes]] magazine estimated he was the world's 68th richest man with an approximate net worth of $1.5 billion US.<br />
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He died in [[Turin]], [[Italy]] of [[cancer]] at 69. He and his wife [[Allegra Agnelli]] had three children, of whom two survive. Elder son Giovanni Alberto Agnelli was groomed to succeed at Fiat but died young of cancer in [[1997]]. Younger son Andrea was named a Fiat director after Umberto Agnelli's death, though Gianni Agnelli's grandson [[John Elkann]], named vice chairman, the next likely family head of the company. Umberto's daughter Anna also survives.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2003/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2003&passListType=Person&uniqueId=5844&datatype=Person/ Forbes Rich List entry]<br />
* [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040528/ap_on_bi_ge/obit_agnelli_3/ Yahoo news story on death]<br />
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