Carlo Pesenti

Carlo Pesenti (born 1907 in Alzano Lombardo; died September 20, 1984, in Montreal, Canada) was an Italian entrepreneur. From 1946 until his death, he was director of the Italcementi Group and its affiliated companies and banks. He was also the main shareholder of the newspapers La Notte and Il Giornale di Bergamo and, until the end of the 1960s, owner of the car manufacturer Lancia. At one point, he sat on the supervisory boards of over 20 companies and also had excellent political contacts. Following a fraud scandal in the late 1970s, Pesenti lost control of most of his companies.