Jean-Paul Elkann
| Jean-Paul Elkann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 December 1921 Paris, France |
| Died |
23 November 1996 (aged 74) Paris, France |
| Residence |
Paris, France New York City, US |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Spouse(s) |
Carla Ovazza Francoise Schuhl |
| Children | Brigitte Elkann |
| Parent(s) | Berthe Bloch |
| Relatives |
John Elkann grandson Gianni Agnelli Ettore Ovazza |
Paris, France
Carla Ovazza
Jean-Paul Elkann (28 December 1921, Paris – 23 November 1996, Paris) was a French banker, President of Compagnie Financière Jean-Paul Elkann (CFJPE).
Jean-Paul Elkann was the son of Montbéliard - born industrialist Armand Elkann (1882–1962) and his wife Berthe Bloch.
Jean-Paul was raised in Lycée Janson de Sailly in Paris. He was admitted to study at Polytechnique in 1940 but left France with his family to escape the anti-Jewish persecutions.
He continued his studies in the US and received an engineering degree from Columbia University.
Therefore, with his father Armand Elkann entered in the metallurgical industry. Soon after he became the owner and president of the company Vanadium Steel Italiana (from 1948) and Vanadium Alloys Steel Canada (since 1950) and Vice President Vanadium Alloys Steel (USA) (from 1953).
He married in New York with Carla Ovazza (1922–2000), heir to a Jewish banking family of Turin and Ettore Ovazza's niece, whom he met at Columbia University. They have a son Alain Elkann, born in New York in 1950, who in 1975 married to the influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat, Gianni Agnelli's daughter, Margherita Agnelli, from which Alain have three descendants, John Elkann, Lapo Elkann and Ginevra Elkann. Since Edoardo Agnelli's mysterious passing, Gianni Agnelli chose John Elkann as the heir for the family estate.
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