This post I wish I had time to write the exact day of ' anniversary, which was yesterday : forgive me, but this period intense study of pre-tests and sometimes a few minutes you are struggling to find ...
I want very much to commemorate this anniversary, almost as if it were that of a close relative, because I think remember the figure of Umberto Agnelli may be useful in large and often losing battle on the , the skill and discretion must fight every day against the privilege (dynasty), the recommendation arrogance and idiotic . Even more so in Italy! But who was
Umberto Agnelli to give his figure a "task" as heavy (which I'm sure even he would like or appreciate) ?
The "Doctor" - as it was nicknamed by the financial press - was the younger brother of the much more (wrongly) known Giovanni Agnelli, Gianni alias, alias simply Lawyer (although not was that just graduated in Law: According to some of the series "incensed" even my friend Erika, recently graduated, you may be lawyers in this way ...).
The premature death of their father, Edward (son of Senator Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of FIAT), caused John to become de facto "the padre" di Umberto, rispetto al quale aveva ben 13 anni in più.
Questa sorta di "tutela" segnerà per sempre Umberto, che vivrà sempre nell'ombra del fratello, nonostante le sue potenzialità e capacità - a volte per stessa ammissione di Gianni - fossero spesso più grandi e brillanti .
Senza pretesa di esaustività diamo una veloce scorsa alle capacità ed alle intuizioni di questo fratello minore "solo per anagrafe".
Da Presidente della Juventus (dal 1959 ) fece raggiungere alla squadra grandissimi successi, rendendola un'azienda profittevole - caso più unico che raro in Italia and in the world where football clubs are little more than a toy for adults. In 1963
Umberto takes the lead of what until then had been just one of many companies in the galaxy IFI-FIAT, the 'Italian wool trade Institute , he transformed into a holding holdings and renamed the Financial Institution Italian wool, or more semplicemento IFIL . And 'from this "shell" that Umberto undoubtedly prove to be the only one of the Agnelli brothers with real entrepreneurial spirit.
Through the ' IFIL Umberto Agnelli creerà il primo fondo di private equity ante litteram , comprando e vendendo imprese ad un ritmo vorticoso in pochi anni e realizzando sempre laute plusvalenze, tramite quotazioni in Borsa o cessioni di pacchetti azionari a terzi: tra le moltissime società finite nell'orbita- IFIL troviamo l'impresa motociclistica Piaggio (da Umberto poi affidata alle sicure mani dello sfortunato figlio Giovanni Alberto, Presidente in pectore del Gruppo FIAT e grande intelligenza, stroncata a trent'anni da un rarissimo tumore), la catena di grande distribuzione La Rinascente , la Toro Assicurazioni , la catena di viaggi Alpitour , i gruppi turistici I Viaggi del Ventaglio e Club Med , una quota significativa della francese Danone , moltissime industrie agro-alimentari italiane di pregio come Galbani , la grande banca italiana San Paolo di Torino , la società cementiera Unicem e poi moltissime altre imprese e società finanziarie in Europa ed USA.
Tutte queste partecipazioni rappresentarono sempre più il "polmone finanziario" del Gruppo FIAT, il quale, ogni qual volta andava in crisi, "bussava" alle porte dell' IFIL per chiedere iniezioni di capitali freschi , i quali arrivavano puntualmente disposals of shares and gains made from time to time: on all two most important steps to FIAT were to repurchase by IFIL, the carmaker's shares owned by Lafico Gaddafi (in 1986 ) and the contribution to the capital increases of early 2000s, when Fiat seemed on the verge of bankruptcy.
But the role of Umberto certainly not reduced to that of "provider / savior of last resort", it had to two times operational roles within the "parent", giving both moments a major contribution to the Group's future .
La prima volta accadde negli anni '70 , quando Umberto divenne Amministratore delegato di FIAT e riorganizzò l'impresa, "divisionalizzandola" (ovvero separando le varie produzioni, come auto, camion, trattori, etc ., in società distinte e con un proprio bilancio, il che aumentò la trasparenza interna) e chiamando a Torino l'ingegner Vittorio Ghidella , "padre" della Uno e della Tipo, modelli di grande successo per la FIAT. Fu costretto ad allontanarsi dall'incarico di AD per contrasti con Mediobanca - dominus della finanza italiana per 40 anni - and the great "protected" by the latter, the future CEO and Chairman Cesare Romiti, Fiat . The second
operational presence in Umberto Agnelli of Fiat is fairly recent and should 2003 to 2004, when assumed the presidency of the Group , following the death of his brother John and the disaster in besetting the car after 30 years of care romitiana. In that short period of time just remember one thing, to see how even in this case, "the Doctor" saw afar riveritissimo the current and very good AD Sergio Marchionne was co-opted to the board on its desire to FIAT Umberto, who learned to know the manager seeing him at work in one of the companies of "his" IFIL .
Sudden death in 2004 has prevented Umberto of well-earned triumph , consisted in the great revival of Fiat from the man who had chosen, also confirming the final choice of a modus vivendi that Agnelli has characterized this "sober" for life: work (well), but quietly, tapping on condition of anonymity.
May this short article on a blog unknown return a bit 'well-deserved glory of "posthumous" to Umberto , the forgotten genius younger brother fscino " glamorous" and Bankruptcy Lawyer, capable of making "social life", but not industry ...
Lord Tojo
I want very much to commemorate this anniversary, almost as if it were that of a close relative, because I think remember the figure of Umberto Agnelli may be useful in large and often losing battle on the , the skill and discretion must fight every day against the privilege (dynasty), the recommendation arrogance and idiotic . Even more so in Italy! But who was
Umberto Agnelli to give his figure a "task" as heavy (which I'm sure even he would like or appreciate) ?
The "Doctor" - as it was nicknamed by the financial press - was the younger brother of the much more (wrongly) known Giovanni Agnelli, Gianni alias, alias simply Lawyer (although not was that just graduated in Law: According to some of the series "incensed" even my friend Erika, recently graduated, you may be lawyers in this way ...).
The premature death of their father, Edward (son of Senator Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of FIAT), caused John to become de facto "the padre" di Umberto, rispetto al quale aveva ben 13 anni in più.
Questa sorta di "tutela" segnerà per sempre Umberto, che vivrà sempre nell'ombra del fratello, nonostante le sue potenzialità e capacità - a volte per stessa ammissione di Gianni - fossero spesso più grandi e brillanti .
Senza pretesa di esaustività diamo una veloce scorsa alle capacità ed alle intuizioni di questo fratello minore "solo per anagrafe".
Da Presidente della Juventus (dal 1959 ) fece raggiungere alla squadra grandissimi successi, rendendola un'azienda profittevole - caso più unico che raro in Italia and in the world where football clubs are little more than a toy for adults. In 1963
Umberto takes the lead of what until then had been just one of many companies in the galaxy IFI-FIAT, the 'Italian wool trade Institute , he transformed into a holding holdings and renamed the Financial Institution Italian wool, or more semplicemento IFIL . And 'from this "shell" that Umberto undoubtedly prove to be the only one of the Agnelli brothers with real entrepreneurial spirit.
Through the ' IFIL Umberto Agnelli creerà il primo fondo di private equity ante litteram , comprando e vendendo imprese ad un ritmo vorticoso in pochi anni e realizzando sempre laute plusvalenze, tramite quotazioni in Borsa o cessioni di pacchetti azionari a terzi: tra le moltissime società finite nell'orbita- IFIL troviamo l'impresa motociclistica Piaggio (da Umberto poi affidata alle sicure mani dello sfortunato figlio Giovanni Alberto, Presidente in pectore del Gruppo FIAT e grande intelligenza, stroncata a trent'anni da un rarissimo tumore), la catena di grande distribuzione La Rinascente , la Toro Assicurazioni , la catena di viaggi Alpitour , i gruppi turistici I Viaggi del Ventaglio e Club Med , una quota significativa della francese Danone , moltissime industrie agro-alimentari italiane di pregio come Galbani , la grande banca italiana San Paolo di Torino , la società cementiera Unicem e poi moltissime altre imprese e società finanziarie in Europa ed USA.
Tutte queste partecipazioni rappresentarono sempre più il "polmone finanziario" del Gruppo FIAT, il quale, ogni qual volta andava in crisi, "bussava" alle porte dell' IFIL per chiedere iniezioni di capitali freschi , i quali arrivavano puntualmente disposals of shares and gains made from time to time: on all two most important steps to FIAT were to repurchase by IFIL, the carmaker's shares owned by Lafico Gaddafi (in 1986 ) and the contribution to the capital increases of early 2000s, when Fiat seemed on the verge of bankruptcy.
But the role of Umberto certainly not reduced to that of "provider / savior of last resort", it had to two times operational roles within the "parent", giving both moments a major contribution to the Group's future .
La prima volta accadde negli anni '70 , quando Umberto divenne Amministratore delegato di FIAT e riorganizzò l'impresa, "divisionalizzandola" (ovvero separando le varie produzioni, come auto, camion, trattori, etc ., in società distinte e con un proprio bilancio, il che aumentò la trasparenza interna) e chiamando a Torino l'ingegner Vittorio Ghidella , "padre" della Uno e della Tipo, modelli di grande successo per la FIAT. Fu costretto ad allontanarsi dall'incarico di AD per contrasti con Mediobanca - dominus della finanza italiana per 40 anni - and the great "protected" by the latter, the future CEO and Chairman Cesare Romiti, Fiat . The second
operational presence in Umberto Agnelli of Fiat is fairly recent and should 2003 to 2004, when assumed the presidency of the Group , following the death of his brother John and the disaster in besetting the car after 30 years of care romitiana. In that short period of time just remember one thing, to see how even in this case, "the Doctor" saw afar riveritissimo the current and very good AD Sergio Marchionne was co-opted to the board on its desire to FIAT Umberto, who learned to know the manager seeing him at work in one of the companies of "his" IFIL .
Sudden death in 2004 has prevented Umberto of well-earned triumph , consisted in the great revival of Fiat from the man who had chosen, also confirming the final choice of a modus vivendi that Agnelli has characterized this "sober" for life: work (well), but quietly, tapping on condition of anonymity.
May this short article on a blog unknown return a bit 'well-deserved glory of "posthumous" to Umberto , the forgotten genius younger brother fscino " glamorous" and Bankruptcy Lawyer, capable of making "social life", but not industry ...
Lord Tojo
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