Giovanni Gianni Agnelli, OMRI, OML, OMCA, CGVM, CMG , also known as LAvvocato , was an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4 of Italys 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 born in Turin but he maintained a strong ties with the village of Villar Perosa, near Turin in the Piedmont region. His father was the prominent Italian industrialist Edoardo Agnelli and his mother was Princess Virginia Bourbon del Monte, daughter of Carlo, 4th Prince of San Faustino, head of a noble family established in Perugia. Agnelli was named after his grandfather Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of the Italian car manufacturer Fiat. His maternal grandmother was American.
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