Maria Sole Agnelli (born 9 August 1925) is an Italian entrepreneur, politician, and a major shareholder of Gianni Agnelli & Co.
Maria Sole Agnelli | |
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 Agnelli in 2018 | |
| Mayor of Campello sul Clitunno | |
| In office 1960–1970 | |
| Preceded by | Ranieri Campello della Spina |
| Succeeded by | Filippo Fratellini |
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| Born | 9 August 1925 Villar Perosa, Piedmont, Italy |
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| Children | 5 |
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Early life
editShe is the fourth daughter of Edoardo Agnelli (1892–1935) and Virginia Bourbon del Monte (1899–1945). Her siblings are Clara Agnelli (1920–2016), Susanna Agnelli (1922–2009), Gianni Agnelli (1921–2003), Giorgio Agnelli (1929–1965), Cristiana Agnelli (born 1927), and Umberto Agnelli (1934–2004). She is the granddaughter of Giovanni Agnelli (1866–1945), founder of the Italian automobile maker Fiat S.p.A.[1]
Later life
editAgnelli married Ranieri Campello della Spina, Count of Campello sul Clitunno (1908–1959), with whom she had four children: Virginia (1954), Argenta (1955), Cintia (1956), and Bernardino (1958). Widowed after Ranieri's death in 1959, she later married Count Pio Teodorani-Fabbri (1924–2022) in 1964, with whom she had her son Eduardo (1965).[2] Teodorani-Fabbri was related to Benito Mussolini, as Mussolini's niece had married Teodorani-Fabbri's cousin.[3]
Political career
editAgnelli was elected mayor of Campello sul Clitunno in 1960, a position she held until 1970. She reportedly won without attending any campaign rallies, obtaining 850 votes from a pool of 1,200 voters.[4] Her dead husband's son, Rovero, followed in her footsteps, becoming mayor of Campello sul Clitunno between 1987 and 1990.[5]
Other activities
editAgnelli's horse Woodland, ridden by Alessandro Argenton, won the silver medal in the Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing in Munich.[6][7][8] She is the second largest stock holder of Gianni Agnelli & Co., which owns the majority of Exor and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles; she owns about 12% of the company's shares.[9] She was the president of the Gianni Agnelli Foundation,[10] which she resigned so that the role could be assumed by John Elkann, Agnelli's grandson.[11]
References
edit- ^ "È morto Pio Teodorani Fabbri, era marito di Maria Sole, sorella di Gianni Agnelli" [Pio Teodorani Fabbri is dead, he was the husband of Maria Sole, sister of Gianni Agnelli]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 13 January 2022. ISSN 0390-1076. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Discepolo, Ciro (1 January 2007). Ci Siamo Con La Datazione Informatica Degli Avvenimenti [Here We Are with the Computerized Dating of Events] (in Italian). Naples: Ciro Discepolo. p. 79. Retrieved 18 February 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ Biondi, Marino (10 March 2015). Il signore degli Agnelli: Don Giovanni alla Fiat [The Lord of the Agnellis: Don Giovanni at Fiat] (in Italian). Florence: Edimedia. p. 26. ISBN 978-8-8675-8100-9. Retrieved 18 February 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ Longo, Grazia (15 September 2013). "53 anni fa venne eletta sindaco in questo piccolo paese umbro. Ottenne 850 voti su 1200 senza mai doversi neppure esibire in un comizio" [53 years ago she got elected as mayor in this small Umbrian village (Campello). She got 850 votes out of 1,200 without ever having to do a speech]. La Stampa (in Italian). ISSN 1122-1763. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Colombati, Leonardo (28 October 2014). 1960 (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori. p. 218. ISBN 978-8-8520-5721-2. Retrieved 18 February 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Biografia di Maria Sole Agnelli" [Biography of Maria Sole Agnelli]. Cinquantamila.it (in Italian). 31 May 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Russo, Roberto (15 December 2017). "Susanna, Maria Sole, Marella, le straordinarie donne della famiglia Agnelli" [Susanna, Maria Sole, Marella, the extraordinary women of the Agnelli family]. Elle Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Cursi, Daniela (19 April 2019). "Pratoni, Maria Sole Agnelli presidente onorario del Fei Eventing Nations Cup" [Pratoni, Maria Sole Agnelli honorary president of the Fei Eventing Nations Cup]. Cavallo2000 (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ "Agnelli via anche da Exor e Stellantis" [Agnelli also away from Exor and Stellantis]. Lo Spiffero (in Italian). 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Angeleri, Francesca (23 January 2023). "Maria Sole Agnelli: 'A mio fratello Gianni nessuno ha dedicato neppure una via. Né a Torino né in Italia'" [Maria Sole Agnelli: 'No one has dedicated a single route to my brother Gianni. Neither in Turin nor in Italy']. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). ISSN 2499-0485. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Longo, Grazia (15 September 2013). "Pratoni, Maria Sole Agnelli presidente onorario del Fei Eventing Nations Cup" [The memories of Maria Sole Agnelli]. La Stampa (in Italian). ISSN 1122-1763. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
Further reading
edit- Bechis, Franco (21 August 2009). "Mr Husky divide gli Agnelli" [Mr Husky divides the Agnellis]. Italia Oggi (in Italian). No. 198. p. 1. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
External links
edit- XXVII concorso ippico a Piazza di Siena, presenti il Conte Campello, Lillio Sforza Ruspoli, Alessandra Torlonia, Principessa Colonna, Carla Gronchi, Ghea Pallavicini, la contessa Pignatelli e Anna Guardarini at the Senate's Luce Archive (in Italian)
- Descendants of Giovanni Agnelli and Clara Boselli at Hein Bruins (in English)
- FEI Eventing Nations Cup: Maria Sole Agnelli Presidente onorario at Evening Italy (in Italian)