John Elkann

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Biography

• John Elkann is the chairman and CEO of Exor, the holding company of Italy's Agnelli family, which owns stakes in Ferrari, the Economist magazine and Italian automaker Fiat.
• Elkann took the leadership role in the family and at Fiat in 2004, one year after the death of his grandfather and family patriarch Gianni Agnelli.
• He oversaw deals including FIAT's 2009 acquisition of a stake in Chrysler and its merger with Peugeot in January 2021 to form Stellantis.
• Exor's portfolio includes Italian football team Juventus and media organizations including the Economist and several leading Italian newspapers.
• The family dynasty began in 1899 when Giovanni Agnelli, John's great-great-grandfather, founded FIAT in the northern Italian city of Turin.
• Elkann was born in New York and went to high school in Paris; he reportedly speaks English, French, Italian and Portuguese.
• He has competed in multiple transoceanic yacht races with racing yachts made by Maserati, a luxury carmaker owned by Stellantis.

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