Agnelli family

The Agnelli family is an Italian multi-industry business dynasty founded by Giovanni Agnelli, one of the original founders in Piedmont (in 1899) of what became the FIAT motor company. They are also primarily known for other activities in the automotive industry as the owners of Ferrari since 1969, Lancia (1984), Alfa Romeo (1986) and Jeep (2012) through their own multinational corporation, as well as for having been the main operators of the Juventus F.C. of the Italian Serie A since 1923 and its majority owners since its conversion to a public limited company in 1967.

The family is often described in the English-speaking world as "the Kennedys of Italy" and compared in the Italian-speaking world to the historic Florentine Republic's Medici family and the House of Savoy, from the duchy of the same name, for their role in the country's contemporary history and their activity of patronage in modern art and in sports, By 2008, the extended Agnelli family included over two hundred members, and by 2010 controlled Italy’s largest manufacturer,Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (FIAT), through its EXOR S.p.A. holding company.