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John Elkann Biography

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Updated on June 11, 2024

Full Name: John Elkann

Date of Birth: 1 April 1976

Place of Birth: New York City, U.S.

Citizenship: Italian, American

Occupation: Chairman, Stellantis, Chairman and CEO, Exor, Chairman and CEO, Ferrari

Alma mater: Politecnico di Torino

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Father Name: Alain Elkann

Mother Name: Margherita Agnelli

Spouse: Lavinia Borromeo

Children: 3

John Elkann Biography:

John Philip Jacob Elkann is an Italian industrialist.
Born in New York City, John Elkann holds both Italian and American citizenship.
He is the eldest son of Alain Elkann, a New York-born journalist and writer of French Jewish and Italian Jewish background,and his then wife Italian Margherita Agnelli.
His parents divorced in 1981 and both have remarried.
Elkann’s maternal grandparents were the industrialist Gianni Agnelli and the Italian socialite Marella Agnelli (born Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto).
Elkann attended primary school in the United Kingdom and Brazil, before his family moved to Paris, where he obtained a baccalauréat scientifique at the State School Lycée Victor-Duruy in 1994.
While pursuing a degree in engineering, Elkann gained work experience through several internships: headlight plant in Birmingham, England (1996), production line in Tychy, Poland (1997), car dealership in Lille, France (1998) and also at GE’s CIG (corporate initiatives group) where he worked on a thesis on e-auctions (1999).
Later the same year, he moved to Italy to attend the Politecnico di Torino (Turin), where he graduated with a degree in management engineering in 2000. As a result of his international upbringing, he is fluent in four languages.
In 2003, he joined IFIL (now Exor)[15] and worked on the turnaround of Fiat Group.
Elkann was instrumental in the appointment of FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne, in May 2004.
In July 2018 he was appointed chairman of Ferrari after Sergio Marchionne left due to health issues. In December 2020 Elkann became temporary CEO after the departure of Louis Camilleri.