Riccardo Garrone (23 January 1936 – 21 January 2013) was an

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entrepreneur. He was the owner of

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club

U.C. Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...

, and honorary chairman and CEO of Italian oil firm

ERG The erg is a unit of energy equal to 10−7joules (100 nJ). It originated in the Centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS). It has the symbol ''erg''. The erg is not an SI unit. Its name is derived from (), a Greek word meaning 'work' o ...

. Garrone was born in

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, and joined his family's firm of ERG before going into the business of football club ownership. He completed the takeover of UC Sampdoria from

Enrico Mantovani Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri ( French), ...

in 2002, leading the one-time ''scudetto'' winners back into

and European competitions thanks to his investments in the club.

References

1936 births 2013 deaths Businesspeople from Genoa Italian football chairmen and investors U.C. Sampdoria directors {{Italy-business-bio-stub