Most Famous Italian Business People

Italy has produced 129 notable business people throughout history, led by Giovanni Agnelli. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Giovanni Agnelli — Italian Entrepreneur (1866–1945) , ranked #12831
  2. Enrico Mattei — Italian Entrepreneur (1906–1962) , ranked #15703
  3. Adriano Olivetti — Italian Entrepreneur (1901–1960) , ranked #28613
  4. Flavio Briatore — Italian Entrepreneur (Born 1950) , ranked #34094
  5. Menocchio — Italian Miller (1532–1599) , ranked #43938
  6. Renzo Rosso — Italian Entrepreneur (Born 1955) , ranked #54694
  7. Antonio Carluccio — Italian Chef (1937–2017) , ranked #64102
  8. Bartolomeo Scappi — Italian Chef (1500–1577) , ranked #70134
  9. Renato Soru — Italian Entrepreneur (Born 1957) , ranked #74290
  10. Vittorio Valletta — Italian Industrialist (1883–1967) , ranked #88243
  11. Domenico Montagnana — Italian Luthier (1686–1750) , ranked #96974
  12. Martino da Como — Italian Cook (1430–1470) , ranked #100622
  13. Nicola Romeo — Italian Entrepreneur (1876–1938) , ranked #124781
  14. Michele Ferrero — Italian Entrepreneur (1925–2015) , ranked #131606
  15. Antonio Fazio — Italian Bank (Born 1936) , ranked #132200
  16. Calisto Tanzi — Italian Entrepreneur (Born 1938) , ranked #147497
  17. Giovanni Ferrero — Italian Entrepreneur (Born 1964) , ranked #153082
  18. Leopoldo Pirelli — Italian Entrepreneur (1925–2007) , ranked #154009
  19. Pietro Perna — Italian Printer (1519–1582) , ranked #178524
  20. Laurentius Abstemius — Italian Librarian (1440–1508) , ranked #202661