Giovanni Agnelli
(13 August 1866 – 16 December 1945)

Agnelli was an Italian businessman, who 
founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899.
During its more than century-long history,
Fiat has also manufactured railway engines  
and carriages, military  vehicles, farm tractors, 
and aircraft.

In 2013, Fiat (together with Chrysler) was the 
second largest European automaker by volumes 
produced, and the seventh in the world ahead of 
Honda, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Suzuki, Renault,
and Daimler AG.

Front view of the Lingotto headquarters of Fiat
in Turin (2013).