Giorgio Agnelli (12 May 1929, in
Turin
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– 11 May 1965, in
Rolle
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) was a member of the
Agnelli family
The Agnelli family () is an Italian multi-industry business dynasty founded by Giovanni Agnelli, one of the original founders of the Fiat motor company which became Italy's largest automobile manufacturer. They are also primarily known for other ...
.
He was the second son of
Virginia Agnelli
''Donna'' Virginia Bourbon del Monte dei principi di San Faustino (Rome, 24 May 1899 – Pisa, 30 November 1945) was the wife of Edoardo Agnelli and the mother of Gianni Agnelli.
Biography
She was the daughter of Carlo Bourbon del Monte, Prince ...
(born Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte) and of the industrialist
Edoardo Agnelli
Edoardo Agnelli (9 June 1954 – 15 November 2000) was the eldest child and only son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat and of Marella Agnelli (born Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto). He converted to Islam when he was l ...
. His brother,
Gianni Agnelli
Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli (; 12 March 192124 January 2003), nicknamed ("The Lawyer"), 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 workforce a ...
, was the head of
Fiat
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until 1996. He studied at
Harvard University
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in the United States. Unlike the other members of the family, he could not participate in industrial and financial activities due to a serious illness. He died at age 35 in a
Swiss
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clinic at
Lake Geneva
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, where he had been treated for a long time. According to the poetess Marta Vio, who was his companion for ten years, Giorgio had long suffered from
schizophrenia
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. They met in 1946 on the beach of
Forte dei Marmi
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Tourism is the principal activity of Forte dei Marmi ...
, the holiday resort of the Agnelli family.
[M. Ripa di Meana e G. Mecucci, ''Virginia Agnelli'', p. 223]
References
Further reading
* Marco Ferrante, ''Casa Agnelli'', Mondadori, 2007,
* Giancarlo Galli, ''Gli Agnelli, il tramonto di una dinastia'', Mondadori, Edizione 2003,
*
Alan Friedman
Alan Friedman (; born April 30, 1956) is an American journalist, author, documentary writer and producer, TV anchor and former media and public relations executive.
Early life and education
Friedman was born in New York City from a Jewish f ...
, ''Agnelli and the network of italian power'', Mandarin Paperback (Octopus Publishing Gr.), London, 1988,
* Angiolo Silvio Ori, ''Storia di una dinastia - Gli Agnelli e la Fiat'',
Editori Riuniti
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Histor ...
, Roma, 1996
*
Marina Ripa di Meana e Gabriella Mecucci, ''
Virginia Agnelli
''Donna'' Virginia Bourbon del Monte dei principi di San Faustino (Rome, 24 May 1899 – Pisa, 30 November 1945) was the wife of Edoardo Agnelli and the mother of Gianni Agnelli.
Biography
She was the daughter of Carlo Bourbon del Monte, Prince ...
'', Argelato (BO), Minerva Edizioni, 2010,
* Gigi Moncalvo, ''Agnelli segreti'', Vallecchi, 2012,
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Suicides by drowning in Switzerland
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People with schizophrenia