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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Exor CEO John Elkann: Family ownership, Football and Ferrari

In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Norges Bank Investment Management

In Good Company, Business, Norges Bank, Nicolai Tangen

4.8186 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Nicolai sits down with John Elkann, CEO of Exor, to discuss the history of the holding company, the importance of family ownership, and the focus on long-term value creation. Exor, controlled by the Agnelli family, has companies like Ferrari, Stellantis, Philips, and the Italian football club Juventus in its portfolio. Altogether, we own shares worth 34 billion Norwegian kroner in the fund. Tune in for an inspiring conversation on leadership, legacy, and the art of building great companies!

In Good Company is hosted by Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management. New episode out every Wednesday.

The production team for this episode includes PLAN-B's Pål Huuse and Niklas Figenschau Johansen. Background research was conducted by Kristian Haga.





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0:00.0

Hi everyone. I'm really lucky today because we've got John Elkin visiting. John is the CEO of Exor,

0:07.3

which is a Dutch holding company with Italian roots. They own things like Ferrari and through

0:13.0

Solantis. They also have brands like Fiat, Peugeot, Jeep and Maserati. They are also the largest

0:19.3

owner of the Economist group,

0:23.2

and they even have a football club called Juventis.

0:24.0

So pretty amazing.

0:28.3

All together in a fun, we own shares worth 34 billion grower,

0:30.3

a very warm, welcome, John. Thank you for having me, Nikolai,

0:32.1

and thank you for your trust with us and our companies.

0:44.6

Thank you. with us and our companies. Now, how do you look at Exor as a company?

0:48.0

Exor is a company that builds great companies with great people.

0:54.1

And how do you do that?

0:56.1

We try and do that by choosing the companies,

1:00.2

by committing ourselves as owners of these companies,

1:03.7

and aligning our ownership with the governance of these companies

1:06.8

and the leadership of these companies.

1:09.4

You have some other groups worldwide who is trying to do the same.

1:12.8

You, of course, have Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

1:15.2

You have the Wormbergs in Sweden.

1:17.1

Just how would your philosophy be similar or different?

1:21.1

Well, those are very good examples and very respected examples by us and admired

1:29.1

and both have served

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