Giovanni Alberto Agnelli | |
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Born | Milan, Italy | 19 April 1964
Died | 13 December 1997 Turin, Italy | (aged 33)
Education | The McCallie School |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Spouse | Frances Avery Howe |
Parents | |
Relatives | Gianni Agnelli (uncle) |
Giovanni Alberto Agnelli (19 April 1964 – 13 December 1997), colloqually known as Giovannino Agnelli, was an Italian businessman and member of the Agnelli family, an Italian industrial dynasty associated with Fiat S.p.A. Agnelli's father was politician and industrialist Umberto Agnelli; his uncle was Fiat head Gianni Agnelli. Prior to his 1997 death at age 33, he was the heir apparent and designated future chairman of the Fiat Group.[1][2][3] Agnelli's reputation among the Italian public was comparable to that of John F. Kennedy Jr. in the United States; in the words of Alan Friedman, he was "rich, strikingly handsome, always smiling and the leading voice of his generation."[2]