Italy's quiet confectioner
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
For the Italian entrepreneur there is a famous rite of passage. Be they Gianni Agnelli or Silvio Berlusconi, once they have made their fortune they go on to acquire a...
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Update on Estate of Former Fiat Chairman
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I previously reported the legal battles surrounding the estate of Gianni Agnelli, former chairman of Fiat Agnelli's daughter, a primary beneficiary of Agnelli's estate, claims that the estate contains undeclared assets held in Swiss accounts, worth as much as $1...
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Lawsuit Drives Rift Among Agnellis
The Wall Street Journal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Nearly seven years after the death of Gianni Agnelli, a dispute over the Fiat patriarch's estate has sparked tensions and riveted the nation that once considered him its unofficial king.
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In Italy, A Sex Scandal to Rival Berlusconi's
Time (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... prostitutes. In 2005, Lapo Elkann, the grandson of the former head of the Fiat auto dynasty Gianni Agnelli, was rushed to the hospital when he overdosed on cocaine at the Turin apartment of a transsexual prostitute. (He survived.) Two years later, photographs surfaced of Silvio Sircana, chief spokesman for then-Prime Minister Romano Prodi, having a conversation with what appeared...
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Fiat heir and mother wrestle over billions
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
A BITTER family feud over the legacy of Gianni Agnelli — the late chairman of Fiat whose lovers included Jacqueline Kennedy — will be fought out in a Turin courtroom this week. At stake are the dynasty’s prestige, a multi-billion-pound fortune and an enormous tax demand.
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Michel Platini: who would be stupid enough to buy Manchester United or Chelsea?
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Back in his Juventus playing pomp, Michel Platini found himself in conversation one day with the club's distinguished owner, Gianni Agnelli. "Avocato,'' asked Platini, respectfully using his employer's professional title, "can you tell me to whom football belongs?'' Good question.
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The Saturday Profile: Former Star on the Soccer Field Tries to Level It
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... generation. And he made his fortune in his father’s homeland, with the Italian club , whose owner, Gianni Agnelli, the head of Fiat, adored Mr. Platini.But in his second career, the often excruciating transition that professional sports figures face, Mr. Platini is taking on an even more difficult task. The United States had , a Rhodes scholar who moved from the into the Senate. Oleg...