Giovanni Battista Pirelli
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| Listed società per azioni | |
| Traded as | BIT: PIRC |
| ISIN | IT0005278236 |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | Milan, Italy (1872) |
| Founder | Giovanni Battista Pirelli |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Ren Jianxin (Chairman) Marco Tronchetti Provera (Executive Deputy Chairman and CEO) |
| Products | Tyres for car, motorcycles and cycling |
| Revenue |
 €6,058.4 million (2016)
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€896.6 million (2016) (Adjusted) |
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€147.6 million (2016)
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| Owner | ChemChina |
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Number of employees
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37,050 (2016) |
| Parent | Marco Polo International Italy |
| Subsidiaries | Pirelli Tyre S.p.A |
| Website | pirelli.com |
Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is a multinational company based in Milan, Italy, listed on the since 1922, with a temporary privatization period by the consortium led by the Chinese state-owned enterprise ChemChina. The company is one of the largest tyre manufacturers behind Bridgestone, Michelin, Continental and Goodyear. It is present in over 160 countries, has 19 manufacturing sites in 13 countries and a network of around 12,500 distributors and retailers.
Pirelli has been sponsoring sport competitions since 1907 and is the exclusive tyre supplier for the Formula One Championship for 2011–2019 and for the World Superbike Championship.
Pirelli is now a pure tyre manufacturing company. In the past it has also launched fashion project and operated in renewable energy and sustainable mobility.
On October 4, 2017, Pirelli returned to the Milan stock exchange after focusing its business on pure consumer products (tyre for car, motorcycles, bicycles) and related services, and separating the business of industrial tyre.
Pirelli has published its Pirelli Calendar since 1964, which has featured the contribution of famous photographers over the years like Helmut Newton, Steve McCurry, Peter Lindbergh, Richard Avedon, Bruce Weber, Herb Rits and Annie Leibovitz.
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