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Elkann confirms family member will become Juventus president

April 30, 2010

Italy’s Agnelli family, owner of automobile giant Fiat, confirmed yesterday that fourth-generation family member Andrea Agnelli will become the president of Italian football club Juventus in the summer.

Italy's Agnelli family, owner of automobile giant Fiat, confirmed yesterday that fourth-generation family member Andrea Agnelli will become the president of Italian football club Juventus in the summer.

Agnelli heir elected as Fiat chairman

April 21, 2010

John Elkann, fifth-generation family member of the founding Fiat family, has been elected as chairman of the Fiat Group. The 34-year-old told reporters that today was "a very important day for Fiat and me."

The formal announcement came this morning during Fiat's investor day, although non-family CEO Sergio Marchionne told a press conference yesterday of the schion's promotion.

Taxman investigates Fiat’s Agnelli family

August 14, 2009

Italian tax authorities are investigating the Agnelli family, owners of the car manufacturers Fiat, after allegations were made that Gianni Agnelli, the late Fiat chairman, hid €1 billion of undeclared assets in Swiss bank accounts.

Agnelli family positions Fiat to become world leader

June 11, 2009

The Agnelli family showed their approval yesterday for Fiat’s much publicised deal with Chrysler.

The Agnelli family showed their approval yesterday for Fiat's much publicised deal with Chrysler.

IFIL ushers in next Agnelli generation

May 14, 2008

John Elkann, the great great-grandson of the Fiat founder Giovanni Agnelli, has been appointed as chairman of IFIL, the Agnelli family-controlled investment company.

After the company's annual general meeting of stockholders in Turin, outgoing chairman Gianluigi Gabetti and the newly elected IFIL board of directors met to rubber stamp Elkann's appointment and usher in the next generation of the dynasty.

Flying high

November 1, 2005

In family business, being successful doesn't necessarily mean you're doing well in dollars and cents. If your family isn't squabbling over who should be boss, or wrestling with decades of habit to bring the independence of your board up to speed – and business isn't suffering – then you're not doing badly at all. Families in Business examines the world's ten most successful family business CEOs, ranking equally by sales or revenue and the decisions and achievements the CEO has made during the year. All inheritor CEOs have worked to earn their place, bringing in major deals for their companies on their own merit prior to taking on the top job. Watch for these guys in 2006, writes Melanie Stern

Taking family businesses public

June 1, 2003

At a time when banks are increasingly cautious about lending money, the stock market can be an attractive alternative source of capital for a family business – and, explains Georges van Erck, an IPO need not mean the family loses control of the business

Georges van Erck is Managing Director at JPMorgan, London. He has more than 30 years of investment banking experience, most of which have been spent providing corporate finance services to family-owned companies.