Gianni Agnelli

Chairman of Fiat and the most stylish man in the world according to virtually every fashion authority — the Italian industrialist who embodied the synthesis of industry, culture, and personal elegance.

Agnelli as cultural icon and industrialist: as Fiat chairman, Agnelli managed Italy's largest private industrial company through the postwar decades. But his broader cultural contribution was embodying an ideal of masculine elegance — wearing his watch over his shirt cuff, draping a suit jacket over his shoulders, pairing Caraceni bespoke with ski boots — that was studied and copied globally. His friendships (JFK, Henry Kissinger, almost every major European figure) and his quote collection make him one of the most referenced figures in menswear and European culture.