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Giovanni Agnelli

1866 - 1945

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Giovanni Agnelli (13 August 1866 – 16 December 1945) was an Italian industrialist and principal founder of Fiat S.p.A., established in 1899. Under his leadership, Fiat became a cornerstone of Italy's automotive industry, significantly contributing to the country's industrialization in the early 20th century. Agnelli also served as a Senator from 1923 to 1944, reflecting his influential role in Italian society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Agnelli is the 66th most popular businessperson (down from 53rd in 2019), the 731st most popular biography from Italy (down from 624th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Businessperson.

Giovanni Agnelli was most famous for being the founder of Fiat, one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world.

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Among businesspeople, Giovanni Agnelli ranks 66 out of 847. Before him are King C. Gillette, Bill Hewlett, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Rudolf Dassler, Boris Berezovsky, and Soichiro Honda. After him are Otto Frank, Robert Bosch, Dietrich Mateschitz, J. Paul Getty, Martin Cooper, and Jakob Fugger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Giovanni Agnelli ranks 12. Before him are George Gurdjieff, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Alfred Werner, Charles Nicolle, Benedetto Croce, and Jacinto Benavente. After him are Beatrix Potter, Hans von Seeckt, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Aby Warburg, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, and Lev Shestov. Among people deceased in 1945, Giovanni Agnelli ranks 46. Before him are Friedrich Fromm, Roland Freisler, Josef Kramer, Wied, Prince of Albania, Robert Ley, and Hans Geiger. After him are Odilo Globočnik, Karl Hanke, Yun Chi-ho, Robert Ritter von Greim, Edgar Cayce, and Theodore Dreiser.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Agnelli ranks 731 out of 5,161. Before him are Scipio Aemilianus (-185), Gianni Rivera (1943), Domenico Modugno (1928), Oriana Fallaci (1929), Agostino Carracci (1557), and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476). After him are Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Lucullus (-118), Marcus Furius Camillus (-446), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), and Fausto Coppi (1919).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Italy

Among businesspeople born in Italy, Giovanni Agnelli ranks 5. Before him are Cosimo de' Medici (1389), Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916), Guccio Gucci (1881), and Ettore Bugatti (1881). After him are Flavio Briatore (1950), Piero Ferrari (1945), Massimo Moratti (1945), Michele Ferrero (1925), Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici (1421), Adriano Galliani (1944), and Vincenzo Lancia (1881).

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