Chairman John Elkann speaks at the start of the company’s Capital Market Day event.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nYet the company returned to America in 2009, acquiring 20% of Chrysler Corp. after Chrysler declared bankruptcy in 2009. Within two years, Fiat acquired all of Chrysler and became known as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, until merging with French automaker PSA Group to become Stellantis in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Agnelli family is still very much associated with Fiat through John Elkann, Giovanni Agnelli\u2019s great-great-grandson. Elkann is chairman and CEO of Exor, the Agnelli family\u2019s holding company, which owns stakes in both Ferrari and Stellantis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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