The Agnelli family is an Italian multi-industry business dynasty. The family's fortune traces its roots to Giovanni Agnelli who launched Fiat, Italy's largest automobile manufacturer.
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 workforc
Gianni Agnelli in 1986
Agnelli (left) with his grandfather and Fiat founder, Giovanni Agnelli, in 1940
Agnelli (in the centre) and the Fiat board of directors meet then president Sandro Pertini (at his left) during an official visit to the new Sevel Val di Sangro factory in 1981