Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern industrial cities had been bombed heavily and we had political disorder before 1948.

It was the accessories and the way they were worn that made Agnelli stand out as a fashionisto. He was also a member of a syndicate with Rockefeller that for a time in the 1980s owned Rockefeller Center. Edoardo never married but he had one son (born out of wedlock in 1973) who was not recognized by Gianni Agnelli.

As the head of Fiat he controlled 4. 4% of Italy's GDP 3.