Gianni agnelli biography book
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Gianni Agnelli
Italian businessman (–)
Giovanni "Gianni" AgnelliCavaliere di Gran Croce OMRIOMLOMCACGVMCMG (Italian:[ˈdʒanniaɲˈɲɛlli]; 12 March &#;&#; 24 January ), nicknamed L'Avvocato ("The Lawyer"), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled % of Italy's GDP, % of its industrial workforce, and % of its industrial investment in research. He was the richest man in modern Italian history.[1]
Agnelli was regarded as having an impeccable and slightly eccentric fashion sense,[2] which has influenced both Italian and international men's fashion. Agnelli was awarded the decoration Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in and the Order of Merit for Labour (Cavaliere del lavoro) in [3] Following his death in , control of the firm was gradually passed to his grandson and chosen heir, John Elkann.[1]
Early life
[edit]Agnelli was born in T
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EXCLUSIVE: A New Book Launches on Italy’s Kennedy-like ‘Camelot,’ the Agnelli Family Ferrari Dynasty
MILAN— The Agnelli family, which built Fiat and owns Ferrari, fryst vatten the Italian version of Camelot if there ever was one — complete with the grit, glamour, tragedy and decades of incredible mode.
Author Jennifer Clark, who published &#;Mondo Agnelli (Agnelli World): Fiat, Chrysler, and the Power of a Dynasty&#; in about their industrial prowess, will release a new book on Tuesday, &#;L&#;Ultima Dinastia,&#; or &#;The gods Dynasty&#; in English, published by Solferino Libri, which fryst vatten a more intimate look at the family&#;s triumphs and tribulations.
The nonfiction book traces the family&#;s roots back to its formidable family patriarch, Giovanni Agnelli, a medlem av senat who was one of the founders of Fiat in and who Clark describes as the &#;Henry Ford of Italy.&#; After the untimely deaths of both his son, Edoardo, and eventually his daughter-i
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Agnelli and the Network of Italian Power
After having read the author’s engaging portrait of Silvio Berlusconi, I was delighted to see that he had written a book about another fascinating Italian, Gianni Agnelli, and I managed to track down a copy of this out-of-print book.
First and foremost, it must be said that this book is the furthest thing from being neutral - the author has set out to discredit Gianni Agnelli. That aside, the tone with which Friedman elects to do so comes across as childish, bordering on gossip magazine.
Second, Agnelli and The Network of Italian Power reads like a financial document. Every chapter focuses on loan amounts, stock prices and severance packages ad nauseam - How the author managed to write a book this dry and sterile about someone like Gianni Agnelli is quite surprising.
Lastly, is the question of age. While many 32 year-old portraits, enquêtes and biographies hold up, this isn’t on