Edoardo Agnelli (industrialist)

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Edoardo Agnelli (January 2, 1892 - July 14, 1935) was an Italian industrialist and principal family shareholder of Fiat.

Born in Verona, he was the son of Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of the Italian car industry FIAT and the husband of Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte (1899-1945), a daughter of the Prince di San Faustino and his Kentucky-born wife Jane Campbell.

President of Italian giants Juventus since 1923 to 1935, was one of the single most important men in the Old Lady's history, and the one to whom credit can be given for transforming the torinese side into the most successful italian football club.

Their son Gianni Agnelli (1921-2003) was the head of Fiat for thirty-seven years, made the company into the most important company in Italy, and one of the major car builders of Europe. Their daughter Susanna Agnelli is the only woman to have been Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy.