| Birth date | c. 1914 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Ponte Buggianese, Italy |
| Death date | 2000 |
| Death place | Turin, Italy |
Commander Gabriello Cecchi (c. 1914 - 2000) was an Italian entrepreneur in the gelato industry.[1] He created the Gelati Cecchi brand in 1936 and later founded Cecchi Industries after the Second World War. He managed the company until 1973,[2] when he sold it to the Italian group Barilla.[3] Following the sale, he remained Honorary Chairman and Director within the group and at Motta-Nestlé until the 1990s. The brand was later 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]
Honours
Cecchi was awarded several civil and military honours at both national and international level, in recognition of his entrepreneurial activity and his role during wartime. These include:
- Commander (Première Classe) of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
- Commander of Merit of the Military Order of St. Bridget of Sweden
- Italian War Merit Cross
References
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- ^ "I gelati degli anni '70". 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Addio allo storico presidente dell'Esperia, una vita tra fiume e impresa" (in Italian). La Stampa. 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ Pubblicato da: bebeez (16 May 2018). "Red Fish Kapital compra il controllo di Pistacchio di Bronte". BeBeez.it. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "Banco Biraghi, l'ira di Stefano Cecchi: «Piazza San Carlo non è un mercato»". 30 July 2020.
- ^ "Gelati di Cecchi (E non solo) al posto dei libri di Paravia". 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Piccolo grande uomo – la Repubblica.it". Archivio – la Repubblica.it
- ^ "La scomparsa di Rudy Bennett, il "gelataio" della Cecchi Biella". www.pianetabasket.com
- ^ "Legabasket". www.legabasket.it
- ^ 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