Umberto Agnelli

Umberto Agnelli
Agnelli in 1970
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
5 July 1976 – 19 June 1979
ConstituencyRome
President of FIGC
In office
10 August 1959 – 7 August 1961
Preceded byBruno Zauli
Succeeded byGiuseppe Pasquale
Personal details
Born(1934-11-01)1 November 1934
Lausanne, Switzerland
Died27 May 2004(2004-05-27) (aged 69)
Venaria Reale, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyChristian Democracy
Spouses
  • Antonella Bechi Piaggio
    (m. 1959; div. 1974)
  • Allegra Caracciolo di Castagneto
    (m. 1975)
Children5, including Giovanni Alberto and Andrea
Parents
RelativesAgnelli family
Alma materUniversity of Catania
OccupationHead of Fiat S.p.A. and Juventus

Umberto Agnelli (Italian: [umˈbɛrto aɲˈɲɛlli]; 1 November 1934 – 27 May 2004) was an Italian industrialist and politician. He was the third son of Virginia (born Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte) and Edoardo Agnelli, and the youngest brother of Gianni Agnelli.[1][2]

Agnelli served as a CEO of Italian carmaker Fiat from 1970 to 1976.[3] After the death of his brother, he was briefly chairman of the Fiat Group until his death, aged 69, in 2004.[4] He was also chairman and later honorary chairman of Juventus, the football team long-associated with Fiat and the Agnelli family, and was for a time the president of the Italian Football Federation. He was a Christian Democracy member of the Senate of the Republic from 1976 to 1979.[1] In 2015, he was posthumously inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.[5]

  1. ^ a b Chapman, Giles (29 May 2004). "Umberto Agnelli". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. ^ Popham, Peter (29 May 2004). "Agnelli family's grip on the Fiat steering wheel loosens with the death of Umberto". The Independent. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Umberto Agnelli's Fiat: More Trucks". The New York Times. 17 October 1976. p. 123. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Fiat chairman Umberto Agnelli dies of cancer". Irish Examiner. 28 May 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

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