Agnelli, Giovanni b. August 12, 1866 d. December 16, 1945 Industrialist. He was the founder of the Fiat automobile company. Born in Villar Perosa, a small town near Pinerolo, Italy, his father, the mayor of Villar Perosa, died at age 40, when Giovanni was just five. He studied at the Collegio San Giuseppe in Turin; then embarked on a military career until 1893 when he returned to Villar Perosa, where he followed in his father's footsteps and became mayor in 1895 (a position he held until his death). He heard about the invention of the (then) new...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser) Cimitero di Villar Perosa, Villar Perosa, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy Plot: Family Chapel
Agnelli, Susanna 'Suni' b. April 24, 1922 d. May 15, 2009 Italian Stateswoman, Industrialist. She was the only female Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy's history. Born of an Italian father and an American mother, she was raised with the massive wealth of the Fiat automotive dynasty. During WWII she was a Red Cross volunteer on a hospital ship and, in 1945, married Count Urbino Rattazzi. Over the years she maintained multiple homes in Italy and the United States, and was to introduce American-style television fundraising in Italy to advance various...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Cimitero di Villar Perosa, Villar Perosa, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Agnelli, Umberto b. October 1, 1934 d. May 26, 2004 Industrialist. He was the Chairman of Italy's largest industrial group, Fiat, and one of Italy's richest men, who lived for years in the shadow of his flamboyant brother, Giovanni (Gianni) Agnelli. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, he endured a series of tragedies that began with the loss of his father when he was an infant, his mother in 1945, and continued through the deaths of two sons and then his brother in 2003. Umberto took the top job at Fiat in early 2003 following his brother Gianni's...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser) Cimitero di Villar Perosa, Villar Perosa, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy Plot: Family Chapel
b. August 12, 1866 d. December 16, 1945