Riccardo Gualino belongs to the commercial record as a figure whose ventures outlasted the conditions that produced them.
The record lists Riccardo Gualino as Italian entrepreneur and businessperson (1879–1964).
Riccardo Gualino was born at Biella in 1879. His recorded nationality is Italy. He was educated at University of Genoa.
Industrialisation changed the scale of everything: factories, railways, joint-stock capital and the first modern corporations.
He worked as entrepreneur, businessperson and patron of the arts.
His recorded holdings include Riccardo Gualino Collection (1910-1930).
Commercial success is easy to measure and hard to interpret; timing and market do much of the work.
That the business was built from Italy shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Riccardo Gualino died in 1964, aged 85. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Holdings: Riccardo Gualino Collection (1910-1930)
- Affiliated with Fiat and Lux Film
- Educated at University of Genoa
