Robert Agostinelli
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Robert Agostinelli at the Rhône Annual Meeting (2011)
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| Born |
May 21, 1953 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Residence |
Palm Beach, Florida London, England |
| Alma mater |
St. John Fisher College (B.A) Columbia University (M.B.A) |
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| Home town | Rochester, New York |
| Net worth |
 US$1.0 billion (Forbes)
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| Website | RhoneGroup.com |
Robert Frank Agostinelli (born May 21, 1953) is an Italian American self made billionairefinancier who is the chairman and co-founder of private equity firm Rhône Group. Forbes estimates Agostinelli's net worth to be $1.0 billion, ranking him as the 416th richest American. Agostinelli was ranked #124 amongst the richest people in the United Kingdom by the Sunday Times Rich List in 2012 through to 2017 with a net worth of £678 million.[1]
Agostinelli was born to Italian immigrant parents outside of Rochester, New York, and attended the Aquinas Institute. He obtained his BA from St. John Fisher College in 1976 and then attended Columbia University where he received his MBA, graduated with highest honours in 1981 and sits on the Alumni Board, He returns regularly to give speeches. Agostinelli is a certified public accountant.
Agostinelli began his career in financial services at the investment bank Jacob Rothschild in Switzerland from 1981 to 1982 and then joined Goldman Sachs and became a senior partner where he worked for five years and founded the firm's international mergers and acquisitions business in London and then while at Lazard Freres he was involved in a number of the largest transactions in European takeover history. In 1995 Agostinelli and Steven Langman started their own firm, the Rhône Group.
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