Franzo Grande Stevens
Franzo Grande Stevens (born 13 September 1928) is an Italian lawyer,famous for being the lawyer of the Agnelli family. He served as president of Juventus FC football club from 2003 to 2006.
Biography
Born at Avola, in eastern Sicily, he is the grandson of tycoon Franzo Grande.
After graduating in law at the Federico II University in Naples, he moved to Turin, where it became a consultant of Gianni Agnelli, the president of Fiat. He also held positions in several large Italian companies, such as Toro Assicurazioni, and was also the president of the Order of the Italian Lawyers and the vice-president of Fiat.
In 2003 he succeeded Vittorio Caissotti di Chiusano as president of Juventus FC, the Fiat-owned football club in Turin. He held the position until 2006, when he was replaced by Giovanni Cobolli Gigli. In 2009 he was prosecuted for market manipulation in the equity swap of Ifi-Ifil (now Exor), the Fiat financial company.[1]
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Sources
- Page about Exor, speaking of Grande Stevens and Gianluigi Gabetti, both involved in the Ifi-Ifil scandal