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Most Famous Italian Business People

Business 79
Italy 6,692
12,831 GA Giovanni Agnelli Giovanni Agnelli Italian Entrepreneur 1866–1945
15,703 EM Enrico Mattei Enrico Mattei Italian Entrepreneur 1906–1962
28,613 AO Adriano Olivetti Adriano Olivetti Italian Entrepreneur 1901–1960
34,094 FB Flavio Briatore Flavio Briatore Italian Entrepreneur b. 1950
54,694 RR Renzo Rosso Italian Entrepreneur b. 1955
74,290 RS Renato Soru Renato Soru Italian Entrepreneur b. 1957
88,243 VV Vittorio Valletta Vittorio Valletta Italian Industrialist 1883–1967
124,781 NR Nicola Romeo Nicola Romeo Italian Entrepreneur 1876–1938
131,606 MF Michele Ferrero Italian Entrepreneur 1925–2015
132,200 AF Antonio Fazio Antonio Fazio Italian Bank b. 1936
147,497 CT Calisto Tanzi Calisto Tanzi Italian Entrepreneur b. 1938
153,082 GF Giovanni Ferrero Italian Entrepreneur b. 1964
154,009 LP Leopoldo Pirelli Leopoldo Pirelli Italian Entrepreneur 1925–2007
231,917 DD Diego Della Valle Diego Della Valle Italian Entrepreneur b. 1953
255,861 RA Romano Artioli Romano Artioli Italian Entrepreneur b. 1932
262,355 BC Brunello Cucinelli Italian Entrepreneur b. 1953
273,396 GR Giovanni Rana Giovanni Rana Italian Entrepreneur b. 1937
341,159 GP Generoso Pope Generoso Pope Italian Entrepreneur 1891–1950
349,946 GB Giuseppe Borsalino Giuseppe Borsalino Italian Entrepreneur 1834–1900
375,497 LL Luigi Lavazza Luigi Lavazza Italian Entrepreneur 1859–1949
431,454 MZ Maurizio Zamparini Maurizio Zamparini Italian Entrepreneur b. 1941
441,283 GG Giorgio Garuzzo Italian Manager b. 1938
469,609 AG Antonio Greppi (1722–1799) Antonio Greppi (1722–1799) Italian Bank 1722–1799
487,607 GP Gian Paolo Dallara Gian Paolo Dallara Italian Business b. 1936
512,708 FC Fabio Calzavara Italian Entrepreneur 1950–2019
517,245 LN Luigi Nocivelli Luigi Nocivelli Italian Entrepreneur 1930–2006
539,196 DV Dino Viola Dino Viola Italian Entrepreneur 1915–1991
543,919 SM Steno Marcegaglia Italian Entrepreneur 1930–2013
571,246 IB Ivano Beggio Ivano Beggio Italian Entrepreneur 1944–2018
579,100 NR Nino Rovelli Nino Rovelli Italian Entrepreneur 1917–1990
579,811 LC Luigi Cremonini Italian Entrepreneur b. 1939
610,230 GA Giorgio Aiazzone Italian Entrepreneur 1947–1986
614,518 PD Pompeo D'Ambrosio Pompeo D'Ambrosio Italian Entrepreneur 1917–1998
689,588 WS William Salice Italian Manager 1933–2016
753,270 OQ Ottavio Quattrocchi Italian Business 1938–2013
775,215 RL Roberto Lepetit Roberto Lepetit Italian Entrepreneur 1906–1945
775,952 BR Bormioli Rocco Bormioli Rocco Italian Entrepreneur 1830–1883
869,729 EG Egidio Galbani Egidio Galbani Italian Entrepreneur 1858–1950
896,551 IR Ivan Ruggeri Italian Entrepreneur 1944–2013
957,566 VG Vito Gamberale Italian Manager b. 1944
984,739 FZ Francesco Zedda Piras Italian Entrepreneur 1835–1904
989,578 LC Luigi Corioni Italian Entrepreneur 1937–2016
1,005,976 DF Donato Ferrario Italian Merchant 1370–1444
1,015,162 MS Massimo Sarmi Massimo Sarmi Italian Business b. 1948
1,062,579 AB Amadeo Barletta Barletta Amadeo Barletta Barletta Italian Business 1894–1975
1,067,541 LR Luigi Ridolfi Vay da Verrazzano Luigi Ridolfi Vay da Verrazzano Italian Entrepreneur 1895–1958
1,068,834 MS Maurizio Stirpe Maurizio Stirpe Italian Entrepreneur b. 1958
1,108,094 GM Giacomo Marini Italian Ceo b. 1951
1,219,516 RM Rocco Motto Italian Entrepreneur 1904–1996
1,225,725 JB Josef Beikircher Italian Entrepreneur 1850–1925
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Inside Italy Business People

79 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous italy business people born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Italy Business People peaked in the 1930s with 17 people.

What Italy Business People Are Known For

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Entrepreneur are Italy Business People's biggest group — 75% of all notables (59).

Italy Business People over-index on entrepreneur — 209.6× the global rate.

  1. Entrepreneur59
  2. Business7
  3. Manager5
  4. Bank3
  5. Merchant2
  6. Industrialist1
  7. Ceo1
  8. Financier1
  1. Entrepreneur59209.6×
  2. Manager5124.1×
  3. Business716.9×

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