Pirelli in Telecom Italia

Company management, investments and strategies

Summer 2001: Pirelli enters Telecom Italia via Olimpia

In the Summer of 2001, the Pirelli group, together with the Benetton family and two Italian  banks (Intesa and Unicredito), acquired through the company Olimpia a 27% stake in Olivetti for a total of about 7.2 billion euros. [...]