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  Agnelli - Encyclopedia.com
His grandson, Giovanni Agnelli, 1921-2003, known as Gianni Angelli, studied law at the Univ. of Turin and was an army officer during World War II.
The hunt is on for Gianni Agnelli's missing millions ; The Fiat boss was a titan of industry and a fixture on the playboy circuit.
grandson of the founder of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli, and the younger brother of Gianni.
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  Gianni Agnelli
Giovanni Agnelli, better known as Gianni Agnelli, (March 12, 1921 - January 24, 2003), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.
Agnelli raised Fiat to become the most important company in Italy, one of the major car builders of Europe, and developed the accessory business, with minor companies also operating in military industry.
Agnelli was named a senator for life in 1991 and subscribed to the parliamentary group for the autonomies (?ed.); he was later named a member of the senate's defense commission.
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  GIOVANNI AGNELLI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Giovanni Agnelli war Sohn von Edoardo Agnelli (1892-1935) und Virginia Bourbon Del Monte (1899-1945) und Enkel von Giovanni Agnelli, dem Gründer der italienischen Automobilindustrie.
Unter Agnelli wurde FIAT zu einem der großen Automobilhersteller Europas und zum wichtigsten Industrieunternehmen Italiens.
Agnelli trug den Spitznamen l'Avvocato (der Rechtsanwalt), da er einen Abschluss in Rechtswissenschaften hatte (er erhielt aber nie eine Zulassung als Anwalt).
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 Gianni Agnelli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Agnelli was educated at Pinerolo Cavalry Academy, and studied law at the University of Turin, although he never practiced law.
Giovanni Alberto, the son of Gianni's 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.
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 ipedia.com: Gianni Agnelli Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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.
Agnelli was also closely connected with Juventus, one of the most famous Italian football clubs, of which he was a fan.
Giovanni Alberto, the son of Gianni's 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.
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 Giovanni Agnelli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giovanni Agnelli, joh-VAHN-ee ahn-YEL-ee (August 13, 1866-December 16, 1945), was the founder of the Fiat (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino) automobile company and the leading Italian industrialist of the first half of the 20th century.
Agnelli was born in Villar Perosa, a small town near Pinerollo, in 1866.
Agnelli married Clara Boselli from Florence, Italy, in 1889.
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 Giovanni Agnelli - Wikipedia
Giovanni Agnelli, besser bekannt als Gianni Agnelli, (* 12.
Agnelli war einer der bekanntesten Italiener außerhalb des Landes, mit engen Beziehungen zum internationalen Finanzwesen und zu Politikern (einige von ihnen wurde enge Freunde, wie zum Beispiel Henry Kissinger).
Wie sein Vater, engagierte sich auch Gianni Agnelli sehr für den Turiner Fußballverein Juventus Turin.
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 Giovanni Agnelli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Agnelli Giovanni [S.Giovanni di Polaveno, BS] Informazioni generali, storia, tipi di lavorazione e visita agli impianti dell'azienda che si occupa di pulitura e smerigliatura metalli per l'industria, la nautica e casalinghi.
Agnelli, Giovanni Mostra in sequenza alcune fotografie in bianco e nero del defunto presidente della FIAT.
Agnelli Giovanni Informazioni generali, storia, tipi di lavorazione e visita agli impianti dell'azienda che si occupa di pulitura e smerigliatura metalli per l'industria, la nautica e casalinghi.
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 Giovanni Agnelli -- chief of Fiat and leading Italian industrialist
Agnelli died only hours before a crucial meeting of the closely held family company, Giovanni Agnelli & Compagnie, through which the family controls its broad investments, to discuss plans to spin off the auto division from the Fiat group.
Agnelli was forced to acknowledge publicly that Fiat had paid $35 million in bribes to political figures over a 10-year period.
Giovanni Agnelli, who was called Gianni, was born on March 12, 1921, in Turin, the son of Edoardo Agnelli and Princess Virginia Bourbon del Monte di San Faustino.
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 Gianni Agnelli - Wikipedia
Gianni Agnelli portò la Fiat a crescere sino a divenire la più grande impresa italiana, ed una fra le maggiori case automobilistiche d'Europa; parallelamente sviluppò anche le aziende collegate e minori, con società operanti anche nel settore della tecnologia militare e strategica.
Agnelli e Fiat sarebbero presto divenuti un tutt'uno nella comune accezione, Agnelli voleva dire Fiat e, soprattutto, Fiat voleva dire Agnelli.
Agnelli fu nominato senatore a vita nel 1991, e si iscrisse al Gruppo per le Autonomie; fu ammesso alla Commissione Difesa del Senato.
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 Telegraph | News | Giovanni Agnelli
Giovanni Agnelli, the former chairman of Fiat who died yesterday in Turin aged 81, was one of Europe's most charismatic business leaders, and was often said to be the most powerful man in Italy.
Giovanni Agnelli (known in the family as Gianni) was born in Turin on March 12 1921, the eldest son of Edoardo Agnelli and Princess Virginia Bourbon del Monte di San Faustino - whose own mother, a celebrated Roman hostess of her day, was American.
Giovanni Agnelli married, in 1953, the tall and elegant Princess Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto.
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 Encyclopedia: Giovanni Agnelli
Giovanni Agnelli, better known as Gianni Agnelli (March 12, 1921 - January 24, 2003), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.
Agnelli raised Fiat to become the most important company in Italy, one of the major car builders of Europe, and developed the accessory business, with minor companies also operating in military industry.
Giovanni Agnelli resigned as chairman of Fiat in 1996, after 30 years at the helm of the Italian automobile manufacturer.
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 Giovanni Agnelli - Encyclopedia.com
Agnelli was a living echo of the idealized...
Giovanni Agnelli loved his roles as the head...
Giovanni Agnelli, Heir Apparent to Fiat Empire, Dies
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 PEHI - Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli - extensive biography
According to Italian sources, Agnelli was a co-founder of the European Round Table in 1983 (Umberto Agnelli, his younger brother, was one of the original members), together with Pehr Gyllenhammar and Etienne Davignon, both also close to Kissinger, Rockefellers, and the Rothschilds.
Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, the eldest son of Umberto Agnelli, was the first person to be pointed out as Giovanni Agnelli's successor, but died in 1997 of a rare form of intestinal cancer, age 33.
Agnelli was a member of the 1001 Club, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderberg steering committee, the European Round Table, and a governor of the Atlantic Institute for International Affairs.
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 Death of Fiat patriarch end of an era for Italy - smh.com.au
Agnelli died only hours before a crucial meeting of the closely held family company, Giovanni Agnelli & Compagnie, through which the family controls its broad investments, to discuss plans to spin off the car division from the Fiat group, at the same time raising fresh capital that could loosen the family's grip on it.
Agnelli was forced to acknowledge publicly that Fiat had paid $35million in bribes to political figures over a 10-year period.
Agnelli's only son, Edoardo, committed suicide in 2000; three years earlier, a nephew, also named Giovanni and considered a likely candidate to succeed Agnelli as head of the clan, died of cancer.
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 Giovanni Agnelli, 81, ex-boss of Italy's Fiat
Agnelli had the clout to veto public appointments that displeased him, and to ensure that Japanese car imports into Italy were kept to a minimum, preserving Fiat's 60 percent domestic market share.
Giovanni Agnelli, known in the family as Gianni, was born in Turin on March 12, 1921, the eldest son of Edoardo Agnelli and Princess Virginia Bourbon del Monte di San Faustino--whose own mother, a celebrated Roman hostess of her day, was American.
Agnelli was persuaded to remain in the chair until 1996, when he was 75, and to hand over to his longtime No. 2, Cesare Romiti, rather than his own brother Umberto.
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 Giovanni Agnelli Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Italian industrialist Giovanni Agnelli (born 1920) was a leading capitalist in Italy, controlling a group of enterprises that employed 360,000 workers and had annual sales of over $15 billion.
Giovanni Agnelli reigned for thirty years as one of the most prominent industrialists in Europe, spending his youth as one of the most notorious playboys in Europe.
The story of Giovanni Agnelli is that of a continual battle for control and renewal of FIAT between 1966 and 1985, from which he emerged eventually as the victor.
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Agnelli was in treatment in recent months for prostate cancer, and his ability to influence the affairs of Fiat had been increasingly diminished.
Agnelli was even mentioned as the leader of a new political party in Italy, a third force to break the deadlock between conservative Christian Democrats and Communists.
Giovanni Agnelli was born on March 12, 1921, in Turin, the son of Edoardo Agnelli and Princess Virginia Bourbon del Monte di San Faustino.
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 GIOVANNI AGNELLI DIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Giovanni Agnelli was born in Turin on 12 March 1921.
Giovanni Agnelli had to face some of the most difficult moments for the car industry in Turin as well as for Italian industry as a whole.
Agnelli was president of of Ifi (Istituto Finanziario Industriale), of the ''Giovanni Agnellì' Foundation and the publishers ''La Stampà' and currently presided over family finance company.
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 BBC News | Europe | Fiat heir dies at 33
Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, heir to the Italian Fiat automobile empire, has died in Turin from cancer at the age of 33.
The son of Umberto Agnelli and Antonella Becchi Piaggio, and nephew of Fiat Honorary President Giovanni Agnelli, Giovanni was often called "Giovannino" to distinguish him from his famous uncle.
Giovanni Agnelli announced in 1995 that his nephew was "the most qualified" member of the family to succeed him as head of the Fiat group.
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 Gianni Agnelli - Ferrari Owners' Club
Giovanni Agnelli, patriarch of Italy's most influential family, has died today at the age of 81.
Mr Agnelli's death ignited stock market speculation that the family would opt to sell Fiat Auto, the lossmaking automobile division that is the core of the industrial group, rather than seek to refinance the unit.
Mr Agnelli was chairman of Fiat from 1966 to 1996 and continued as honorary chairman to preside over Fiat and oversee numerous other holdings, from Corriere della Sera, the country's most important newspaper, to Juventus, Italy's most popular football team, to Ferrari's Formula One racing team.
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 USATODAY.com - Fiat chief Agnelli dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Agnelli, who was long sidelined in his family's auto empire, got his chance to take over after his elder brother Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli died in January 2003.
Born in 1934, Umberto Agnelli was the youngest of seven children of a growing automobile dynasty.
Giovanni Agnelli's stylish, jet-setting playboy lifestyle set trends and arguably made him the most-imitated man in the nation.
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 Fiat chairman Giovanni Agnelli dead
Giovanni Agnelli, one of Italy's most powerful businessmen who turned the family car company Fiat into a global industrial powerhouse but recently saw it slump into crisis, has died aged 81, his family said on Friday.
Agnelli, who held the post of Fiat honorary chairman and was widely known as Gianni, had been suffering ill health and last year went to the United States for treatment for prostate cancer.
Agnelli's death came just as some 70 family members gathered in Turin to start discussing how to tackle the worst crisis in the century-old stewardship of Fiat.
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 Giovanni Agnelli | Obituaries | News | Telegraph
Attention focused increasingly on the problem of succession, but Agnelli was persuaded to remain in the chair until 1996, when he was 75, and to hand over to his long-time number two Cesare Romiti rather than his own brother Umberto.
Agnelli was also chairman of Editrice la Stampa, the newspaper group, and a director or adviser of several international companies, including Chase Manhattan Bank.
Giovanni Agnelli married, in 1953, the tall and elegant Princess Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto.
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 Antonioni   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Giovanni (Gianni) Agnelli (after his grandfather) was born March 12, 1921 (p.32).
The Agnellis' lived all of their lives with all the pleasures one would expect to associate with that of noble family (though the Agnelli family does not have noble blood officially).
Giovanni Agnelli and Company was also created in part due to questions and disputes over Gianni's successor, though other family members may be more qualified candidates (p.
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 CNN.com - Agnelli: The playboy industrialist - Jan. 24, 2003
Giovanni Agnelli, who has died at the age of 81, was born into wealth and groomed to take over the car company his grandfather founded, which he did in the early 1960s.
Agnelli left the day-to-day operations of Fiat in 1996 after 36 years to become its honorary chairman.
There was a tragic side to Agnelli's life: his only son committed suicide and his nephew, who was in line to succeed him, died of a brain tumour at the age of 33.
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 CNN.com - Fiat chief's son found dead under bridge - November 15, 2000
The Agnelli clan is often described as the equivalent of Italy's royal family.
Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, Giovanni Agnelli's nephew and heir to the Italian car giant, died in December 1997 at the age of 33 after a dignified, silent battle with stomach cancer.
Giovanni Agnelli is quoted frequently on subjects ranging from business to finance to soccer.
edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/italy/11/15/fiat.death   (716 words)

  
 NewStandard: 12/14/97
Agnelli, chairman of the Piaggio motor scooter company, was suffering from a rare form of intestinal cancer.
Agnelli was anointed last year as potential leader of the empire by his uncle, family patriarch Gianni Agnelli, honorary chairman of Fiat and a senator-for-life.
Agnelli attended the McCallie Academy, a military school in Chattanooga, Tenn., and graduated from Brown University with a degree in international relations.
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