Elkann Faces Indictment in Agnelli Inheritance Case

John Elkann, head of Italy’s billionaire Agnelli dynasty, risks a criminal trial after a Turin judge ordered prosecutors to press charges in a tax-fraud case linked to his grandmother’s inheritance.

The decision by Judge Antonio Borretta revives legal exposure for Elkann, the chairman of Stellantis and Ferrari and chief executive of Exor, the Agnelli family’s holding company. He is the grandson and designated heir of Gianni Agnelli — “l’Avvocato,” or the Lawyer — the late Fiat patriarch who turned the automaker into Italy’s industrial powerhouse and whose descendants today oversee a wide portfolio spanning autos, luxury, media ...