“a team that wins too much is harmful to their sport”
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Gianni Agnelli
Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, nicknamed L'Avvocato, 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.
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business · Italian businessman (1921–2003) · entrepreneur · engineer · politician · businessperson · business magnate · also Gianni Agnelli, Giovanni Agnelli, Dr. Giovanni Agnelli, Agnelli
Born 12 March 1921 · Died 24 January 2003 · Q356351
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2026· 3 entries
“He saved the Prancing Horse, preventing it from being sold to the Americans. Then he chose the right people: [former Ferrari chairman] Luca di Montezemolo and Jean Todt. He loved Ferrari cars and he loved all the beautiful things in life. It”
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“My men must be defended to the last degree of judgement.”
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2021· 1 entry
To celebrate the centenary of Agnelli's birth, a special postage stamp was issued
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2003· 4 entries
Died 2003-01-24.
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Control of the firm was gradually passed to his grandson and chosen heir, John Elkann
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Asked whether Agnelli loved more Juventus or Ferrari, Boniperti recalled: "I think Juve
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Juventus had won the 2001–02 Serie A at the last matchday, and a few months after his death had reached the 2003 UEFA Champions League final, the club's four UEFA Champions League final in seven years, three of which wer
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2002· 1 entry
Left his paintings to the city of Turin, which established the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
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2000· 1 entry
The committee honorary president for Torino 2006, of which he was an instrumental promoter
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1999· 1 entry
Juventus improved their own record of having won all five major UEFA competitions by winning the Intertoto Cup, the next year was voted the seventh best of the FIFA Club of the Century and in 2009 was placed by the Inter
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1998· 2 entries
And Massimo D'Alema was appointed Prime Minister of Italy and became the first post-Communist to hold the office of a NATO country, as well as Italy's only post-Communist prime minister, his vote in favour of confidence
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Two years before Ferrari's return to dominance of the early 2000s with Schumacher, he said: "I wouldn't give up a Juve Scudetto for a Ferrari world championship
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1997· 3 entries
Against Borussia Dortmund, and in 1998, against Real Madrid, were lost out controversially
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Briefly acquired de facto control of Telecom Italia
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At age 33 while he was being groomed by his uncle to head the Fiat Group
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1996· 2 entries
But stayed on as Fiat's honorary chairman until his death
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Upon the signing of Michael Schumacher, he said: "Of course, if now they don't win with Schumacher it's their fault
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1994· 1 entry
Was among the three life senators (together with Giovanni Leone and Cossiga) to vote their confidence in the Berlusconi I Cabinet; it was the first time in the history of Italy that life senators were decisive for the
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1991· 3 entries
Agnelli was named an Italian senator for life and joined the independent parliamentary group; he was later named a member of the Senate of the Republic's defence commission
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Agnelli was appointed senator for life by Cossiga, then president of the Italian Republic
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Career landmark: Italian senator for life (1991–2003).
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1986· 1 entry
After a failed agreement with Ford Motor Company, Agnelli bought Alfa Romeo from the Italian state
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1980· 1 entry
Also had relatively amicable relations with the Italian Communist Party (PCI), particularly during the leadership of Enrico Berlinguer; in 2013, Giorgio Napolitano, former PCI member and then president of Italy, descr
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit for Labour (1977).
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1974· 2 entries
Was elected president of Confindustria and came to terms with the labour unions by signing the agreement for the single point of contingency with the CGIL by Luciano Lama
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Career landmark: president (1974–1976).
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1971· 1 entry
And Juventus players to see how they were doing
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1969· 2 entries
And 1970, Fiat was joined by Ferrari and Lancia
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Agnelli became associated with Formula One and Scuderia Ferrari, which achieved successes in the 1970s with Niki Lauda and Jody Scheckter
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1967· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1967).
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And the Order of Merit for Labour (Cavaliere del lavoro) in 1977
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1966· 2 entries
Career landmark: president (1966–2003).
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Following a period in which Fiat was temporarily ruled by Vittorio Valletta while he was learning how his family's company worked
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1962· 1 entry
Sent Boniperti to Chile to sign Pelé with an offer of one hundred million, which the Brazilian Football Federation did not authorise for the transfer
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1961· 1 entry
When, on the occasion of the celebrations for the first centenary of the unification of Italy, he was appointed president of the Expo 61
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1958· 1 entry
Agnelli sought to purchase Pelé through Fiat's shares
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1950· 1 entry
And 1952, the first won by the club in fifteen years
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1943· 1 entry
Awarded War Cross for Military Valour (1943).
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1921· 1 entry
Born 1921-03-12.
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