1. John Philip Jacob Elkann was born on 1 April 1976 and is an Italian industrialist.
27 Facts About John Elkann
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In 2021, John Elkann oversaw the merger between Fiat Chrysler and the PSA Group.
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John Elkann is the leader of a group that controls 14 brands, with production sites in 29 countries, employs 400,000 people, and is present in over 130 markets.
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John Elkann is the eldest son of Alain Elkann, a New York-born journalist and writer of French-Jewish and Italian-Jewish background, and his then Italian wife Margherita Agnelli.
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John Elkann's parents divorced in 1981 and both have remarried.
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John Elkann has a brother, Lapo Elkann, and a sister, Ginevra Elkann, as well as five half-siblings from his mother's second marriage, as Margherita Agnelli de Pahlen, to Serge de Pahlen.
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John Elkann attended primary school in both the United Kingdom and Brazil, before his family moved to Paris, where he obtained a baccalaureat scientifique at the State School Lycee Victor-Duruy in 1994.
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In 2003, John Elkann joined IFIL, which later became Exor, where he was in charge of control and development, and was in particular responsible for supervising Rinascente and Alpitour.
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John Elkann was instrumental in the appointment of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne in May 2004.
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In 2008, John Elkann was seen as "the great unknown", and he replaced 83-year-old Gabetti as the head of IFIL, which managed a portfolio worth eight billion euros.
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In February 2011, John Elkann was appointed chairman and CEO of Exor.
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Since 2017, John Elkann became chairman of Ferrari, GEDI Gruppo Editoriale, and the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation, a philanthropic institution supporting education.
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John Elkann is an active member of several non-profit organizations and think tanks engaged in the global geopolitical debate, one of the founders of the College des Ingenieurs Italia, and a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art.
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In July 2018, a few days before the death of Marchionne, John Elkann was chosen to take his place at Ferrari.
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In May 2021, John Elkann was nominated Knight of the Order of Merit for Labour in the automotive industry by Italy's president Sergio Mattarella.
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In January 2025, John Elkann was appointed a board director at Meta Platforms.
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In 2010, John Elkann supported his cousin Andrea Agnelli's bid to become chairman of Juventus.
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John Elkann is chairman of the Agnelli Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting education through scientific research and initiatives.
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In May 2019, John Elkann took part to the 28th edition of the partita del cuore to raise funds for the Piedmontese Foundation for Cancer Research and Italy's Telethon Foundation.
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John Elkann's half-sister is Beatrice Borromeo, the wife of Pierre Casiraghi, who is eighth in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne.
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John Elkann is a regular contributor to the Google Camp, which every year gathers tech entrepreneurs, investors, representatives of institutions and pop stars in Sciacca, Agrigento, and other places around Sicily.
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In 2012, John Elkann attended the annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group in Chantilly, Virginia.
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In February 2018, John Elkann appeared as one of the protagonists on the podcast series by Reid Hoffman, Masters of Scale.
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In 2013, John Elkann participated in the Transpac Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu where he and Soldini ranked second.
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In May 2016, John Elkann took part in the 100th edition of the Targa Florio car race in Palermo.
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John Elkann is a trustee of MOMA, a member of Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, and was a member of the Bilderberg Group.
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John Elkann is a member of the JP Morgan International Council, a board member of Meta Platforms, and was vice-chairman of Italy's Aspen Institute.