Agostino Chigi belongs to the commercial record as a figure whose ventures outlasted the conditions that produced them.
The record lists Agostino Chigi as Italian banker.
Agostino Chigi was born at Siena in 1466.
Commerce then ran on personal credit, family networks and letters that took weeks to arrive; trust was the scarcest asset.
He worked as entrepreneur, ship-owner and banker.
His recorded holdings include Villa Farnesina.
Commercial success is easy to measure and hard to interpret; timing and market do much of the work.
Agostino Chigi died in 1520, aged 54. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Holdings: Villa Farnesina
