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• EARLY SUCCESSES
• ITALIAN SENATOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AUTOMOBILE DIVISION OF FIAT
• EXILED FROM FIAT
• PATRIARCH AT LAST
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Former chairman, Fiat

Nationality: Italian.

Born: November 1, 1934, in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Died: May 27, 2004.

Education: University of Turin, laurea in legge, 1959.

Family: Son of Edoardo Agnelli (chairman, Fiat) and Princess Virginia Bourbon del Monte di San Faustino; married Antonella Bechi Piaggio, 1959 (divorced); married Allegra Caracciolo, 1974; children: three (first marriage, one; second marriage, two).

Career: Juventus, 1956–1961, chairman; SAI, 1959–1975, chairman; Simca Industries,...