Gabriello Cecchi

Gabriello Cecchi
Sir Gabriello Cecchi in 1939
Born	c. 1914 Ponte Buggianese, Pistoia, Italy
Died	2000 Torino, Italy

Sir Gabriello Cecchi (c. 1914 - 2000) was an Italian entrepreneur in the gelato industry. ^[1] He created the Gelati Cecchi brand in 1936 and founded Cecchi Industries after the Second World War. He allegedly managed the company until 1973, ^[2] when he sold the company to the Italian group Barilla. ^[3] After its sale, he remained Honorary Chairman and Director of the Italian group and Motta-Nestlé up until the 1990s. The brand was relaunched by his grandson, Stefano Cecchi. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Cecchi was the patron of the Serie-A Pallacanestro Biella team ^{[7] [8] [9]} and a co-founder of a Turin bank. He was a member of the International Brigades that fought Francisco Franco's Fascist army in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Later, having returned to Italy, he became a member of the Garibaldi 77th assault brigade as part of the Italian Resistance. ^[10]

Honors

• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Knight of the Order of Merit for Labour^{[ citation needed ]} * Commander of Merit of the Military Order of St. Bridget of Sweden ^[11]
• The Cross of Commander de Premiere Classe du Merite of the Belgian Order of the Crown for philanthropy and meritorious acts^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Italian War Merit Cross following his role as a partisan in the liberation of the city of Turin^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "La scomparsa di Silvano, il mito del gelato artigianale a Torino". la Repubblica. 31 March 2020.
2. "I gelati degli anni '70". 17 May 2015.
3. "Addio allo storico presidente dell'Esperia, una vita tra fiume e impresa". La Stampa (in Italian). 12 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
4. Pubblicato da: bebeez (16 May 2018). "Red Fish Kapital compra il controllo di Pistacchio di Bronte". BeBeez.it. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
5. "Banco Biraghi, l'ira di Stefano Cecchi: «Piazza San Carlo non è un mercato»". 30 July 2020.
6. "Gelati di Cecchi (E non solo) al posto dei libri di Paravia". 9 August 2020.
7. "Piccolo grande uomo – la Repubblica.it". Archivio – la Repubblica.it.
8. "La scomparsa di Rudy Bennett, il "gelataio" della Cecchi Biella". www.pianetabasket.com.
9. "Legabasket". www.legabasket.it.
10. Delzell, Charles F. (1975). "The Italian Anti-Fascist Resistance in Retrospect: Three Decades of Historiography". The Journal of Modern History. 47 (1): 66–96. ISSN   0022-2801.
11. "Ordine Militare di S. Brigida". www.ordinemilitaresantabrigidacampania.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.