Gabriello Cecchi
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Gabriello Cecchi | |
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| File:Gabriello.Cecchi.jpg Sir Gabriello Cecchi in 1939 | |
| Born | c. 1914 Ponte Buggianese, Pistoia, Italy |
| Died | 2000 Torino, Italy |
Sir Gabriello Cecchi (c. 1914 - 2000) was an Italian entrepreneur in the gelato industry.[1] He created the Gelati Cecchi brand in 1936 and founded Cecchi Industries after the Second World War. He allegedly managed the company until 1973,[2] when he sold the company to the Italian group Barilla.[3] After its sale, he remained Honorary Chairman and Director of the Italian group and Motta-Nestlé up until the 1990s. The brand was relaunched by his grandson, Stefano Cecchi.[4][5][6]
Cecchi was the patron of the Serie-A Pallacanestro Biella team[7][8][9] and a co-founder of a Turin bank. He was a member of the International Brigades that fought Francisco Franco's Fascist army in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Later, having returned to Italy, he became a member of the Garibaldi 77th assault brigade as part of the Italian Resistance.[10]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[citation needed]
- Knight of the Order of Merit for Labour[citation needed] * Commander of Merit of the Military Order of St. Bridget of Sweden[11]
- The Cross of Commander de Premiere Classe du Merite of the Belgian Order of the Crown for philanthropy and meritorious acts[citation needed]
- The Italian War Merit Cross following his role as a partisan in the liberation of the city of Turin[citation needed]
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