Gianni Agnelli, “L’Avvocato,” one of the defining figures of twentieth-century Italian industry. Few Italian families have occupied a position comparable to that of the Agnellis. For more than a century, their history has intersected with the history of Italian industry, politics, labor, finance, journalism, sport and national identity. To tell the story of the Agnelli family is therefore not simply to tell the story of a wealthy dynasty. It is to examine one of the principal