Ernesto Pellegrini

Ernesto Pellegrini
Ernesto Pellegrini
Chairman of Inter Milan
	In office; 1984–1995
Preceded by	Ivanoe Fraizzoli
Succeeded by	Massimo Moratti
Personal details
Born	14 December 1940 (age 83); Milan, Italy
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Former chairman of Inter Milan;

Ernesto Pellegrini (born 14 December 1940) is an Italian catering businessman and the former owner of Inter Milan from 1984 to 1995.

Life and career

The son of a farmer, Pellegrini worked as an accountant in the early 1960s for the bicycle manufacturing company Bianchi, earning L50,000 per month.^[1] In 1964, he was promoted to chief accountant, but instead, he asked for more work within the company, becoming the manager of the canteen.^[2] Here, he started his ascendancy in the catering industry, and in 1965 he founded the Organizzazione Mense Pellegrini following the realisation that the Italian economic miracle was facilitating the expansion of the Italian food industry, thanks to Italian population's more disposable income and new food habits.^[2] In 1975, his company changed its status to Pellegrini S.p.A.,^[2]^[3] which over time expanded to include services such as meal tickets, corporate, health, and school catering services, sanitation and industrial cleaning services, and welfare services in Italy.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In 2019, Pellegrini S.p.A. made €600 million profit and employed circa 6,500 people.^[5]

Chairman of Inter Milan

In 1979, Pellegrini wrote a letter to the Inter's chairman Ivanoe Fraizzoli, asking to be allowed to contribute financially to the club. As a result, he was admitted as a member of the board.^[2]^[6] Pellegrini purchased Inter from Ivanoe Fraizzoli in 1984, becoming the club's 17th chairman.^[2]^[7]

Under his ownership, Inter purchased players such as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Lothar Matthäus, Jürgen Klinsmann and Andreas Brehme, winning the record-breaking 1988–89 Serie A together with two UEFA Cups and one Supercoppa Italiana.^[7]

In 2020, he was inducted into Inter Milan Hall of Fame.^[8] In 2022, he was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.^[9]

Orders

Knight: Order of Merit for Labour: 1990^[10]

References

^ Piva, Gianni (8 July 1994). "Dalle mense alle luci di San Siro". La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Giojelli, Caterina (4 January 2015). "La conquista della ristorazione, l'Inter dei record, il ristorante per nuovi poveri. La bella storia di Ernesto Pellegrini". Tempi (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "La nostra storia". Gruppo Pellegrini (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "Pellegrini SpA – Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "La Pellegrini in cifre". Gruppo Pellegrini (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Beha, Oliviero (20 June 1984). "I conti di Pellegrini". La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ernesto Pellegrini: an Interista for 80 years". Inter Official Site. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Inter Hall of Fame 2020 Timeless Edition Awards Ceremony (in Italian). Inter Milan. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
^ "Da Zola a Mourinho e Zidane: le nuove leggende della Hall of fame del calcio italiano". Sky Italia (in Italian). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^ "Cavaliere del Lavoro" (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica. 1990. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[repubblica-1] Piva, Gianni (8 July 1994). "Dalle mense alle luci di San Siro". La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[tempi-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Giojelli, Caterina (4 January 2015). "La conquista della ristorazione, l'Inter dei record, il ristorante per nuovi poveri. La bella storia di Ernesto Pellegrini". Tempi (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[storia-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "La nostra storia". Gruppo Pellegrini (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[4] "Pellegrini SpA – Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[5] "La Pellegrini in cifre". Gruppo Pellegrini (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[conti-6] Beha, Oliviero (20 June 1984). "I conti di Pellegrini". La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[birthday-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ernesto Pellegrini: an Interista for 80 years". Inter Official Site. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[8] Inter Hall of Fame 2020 Timeless Edition Awards Ceremony (in Italian). Inter Milan. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

[2022-SerieAHoF-9] "Da Zola a Mourinho e Zidane: le nuove leggende della Hall of fame del calcio italiano". Sky Italia (in Italian). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

[10] "Cavaliere del Lavoro" (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica. 1990. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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v t e Inter Milan – Hall of Fame inductees
2018	GK: Walter Zenga DF: Javier Zanetti MF: Lothar Matthäus FW: Ronaldo Special: The Moratti family Angelo Moratti Massimo Moratti
2019	GK: Francesco Toldo DF: Giacinto Facchetti MF: Dejan Stanković FW: Giuseppe Meazza Special: Astutillo Malgioglio
2020	GK: Júlio César DF: Giuseppe Bergomi MF: Esteban Cambiasso FW: Diego Milito Special: Ernesto Pellegrini
2021	GK: Gianluca Pagliuca DF: Marco Materazzi MF: Wesley Sneijder FW: Samuel Eto'o Special: Giuseppe Prisco
2022	GK: Ivano Bordon DF: Maicon MF: Sandro Mazzola FW: Christian Vieri

v t e Italian Football Hall of Fame
Italian players	Baggio Baresi Bergomi Cannavaro Del Piero P. Maldini Nesta Pirlo Totti Vialli Zola
Coaches	Allegri Ancelotti Bagnoli Capello Conte Lippi Mancini Mazzone Mourinho Ranieri Sacchi Trapattoni
Italian veterans	Altobelli Antognoni Cabrini Conti S. Mazzola Oriali Riva Rivera Rossi Tardelli Zoff
Italian referees	Agnolin Braschi Casarin Collina Gussoni Gonella Michelotti Rizzoli Rocchi Rosetti
Italian directors	Berlusconi Boniperti Campana Ferlaino Galliani Marotta Matarrese Moratti Pellegrini Percassi Sartori
Foreign players	Batistuta Boniek Falcão Gullit Maradona Platini Ronaldo Rummenigge Van Basten Zanetti Zidane
Italian female players	Bertolini Bonansea Gabbiadini Gama Girelli Morace Panico Vignotto
Posthumous honours – Players	Amadei Anastasi Bulgarelli Facchetti Ferrari Fogli V. Mazzola Meazza Mihajlović Monzeglio Picchi Piola Schiavio Scirea
Posthumous honours – Coaches	Bearzot Bernardini Boškov Carcano Erbstein Herrera Liedholm C. Maldini Pozzo Radice Rocco Simoni Valcareggi Viani Vicini Weisz
Posthumous honours – Directors	U. Agnelli Allodi Barassi Dall'Ara Fini Franchi Novo
Posthumous honours – Referees	Campanati Farina Lo Bello Mauro
Davide Astori Fair Play Award	Agnese Kjær Lukaku Martelli Trocchia
Special Award	Brera Sconcerti