Oscar Sinigaglia
| Oscar Sinigaglia | |
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| Born |
October 20, 1877 Rome |
| Died | June 30, 1953 (aged 75) Rome |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Alma mater | Graduated from university in 1900 with a degree in civil engineering |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Spouse(s) | Marcella Mayer 1926 daughter of , the founder of the Il Piccolo, Trieste |
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Oscar Sinigaglia was an Italian engineer and industrialist who was born into the Roman Senigaglia family on October 20, 1877.
In 1893, at the age of sixteen, he took over the management of his family's failing business, the Ferriere di Terni, after his father's suicide. Despite inheriting a company plagued by large amounts of debt, liabilities, and interests, his managerial skills allowed him to navigate these financial difficulties. He was eventually able to repay his debts and make the company a success.
After graduating from university in 1900 with a degree in civil engineering, he directed the Ferrotaie society, and also founded the trading company Sinigaglia-Di Porto. In 1908, in the aftermath of the 1908 Messina earthquake in Reggio Calabria and Messina, he took charge as a service engineer to work for earthquake victims.
In 1915, at the beginning of Italy's entrance into World War I, he sold his large and successful steelworks business Alti Forni e Acciaierie d'Italia Ilva (today a successful steel company, Gruppo Riva). After selling his company, he entered the Italian Army as volunteer.
During his service in the Italian Army, he earned a silver medal and two bronze medals for bravery.
Starting in November 1917, he was Aide-de-camp of Armando Diaz as Chief of Staff of the Italian Army.
In 1918, at the end of the First World War he supported the cause of Italian Fiume, becoming a Nationalist leader and one of the first members of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento.
In 1919, he was next to his future father-in-law Teodoro Mayer in provision of capital necessary to refound "Il Piccolo" which was destroyed in a fire set by a pro-Austrian in the evening of 23 May 1915. Sinigaglia later married Mayer's daughter, Marcella, in 1926. Thanks to his intervention, the Trieste newspaper returned to print in 20 November 1919. Sinigaglia remained on the board of directors of the company publishing until 1927. During this time he worked for the Italian Ministry of Arms and Ammunition before moving to the head of the Società Finanziaria Industriale Italiana and connected it to the Banca Commerciale Italiana; he conferred the same credit institution all of its state holdings, including the package of Ilva control. Sinigaglia also worked with Ernesto Manuelli and Agostino Rocca, persons with great influence on the subsequent developments of the Italian steel industry.
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