Raul Gardini

thumb|Raul Gardini Raul Gardini (7 June 1933 – 23 July 1993) was an Italian agri-business and chemicals tycoon. In 1980, he took the helm of his father-in-law Serafino Ferruzzi's family business, starting an aggressive campaign that led to the acquisition of the French sugar and paper company Beghin-Say SA, turning Ferruzzi into Europe's leading sugar producer. In 1985, Gardini focused his interest on chemicals and bought stock in the Montedison chemical group. By 1987, he had acquired 42 per cent of the group, turning Ferruzzi-Montedison into Italy's second largest industrial group after the state-owned company Eni. In 1989, Eni and Montedison formed a joint-venture called Enimont. Quotes (After the victory at the Louis Vuitton Cup of the Moro of Venice) Does Occhetto also send me his best wishes? What can I say? I'm pleased. All sorts of things are happening around the world; it's the world that's changing. Quoted in Gardini altro che la guerra della chimica, La Stampa, 1 May 1992. Quotes about Men change. I knew Gardini before and after his irresistible rise. I prefer the memory of Gardini on the rise to that of Gardini after he had risen. Sergio Cusani, as quoted in Claudio Sabelli Fioretti, Sergio Cusani, Sette, quoted in Interviste.sabellifioretti.it, 29 August 1993. Gardini? I liked him. But he remains entangled in the biggest Italian story: I tell how the investigations established that the mafia entered the stock market with Calcestruzzi. Enrico Deaglio, as quoted in Enrico Mannucci, I nostri anni crudeli, Corriere della Sera - "Magazine", 7 May 2009. The mother of all bribes is not Enimont but the relationship with the Sicilian mafia. Di Pietro had got involved with Gardini: I think that's his secret. Enrico Deaglio, as quoted in Enrico Mannucci, I nostri anni crudeli, Corriere della Sera - "Magazine", 7 May 2009. Up until fifteen minutes before, I had spoken to his lawyer and we had agreed that he was coming to me and that he wanted to come on his own two feet and with his hands free, and that he would tell the facts as they were. Then, evidently, in an act of pride, he committed suicide. Antonio Di Pietro, as quote din Antonio Di Pietro racconta Mani pulite 25 anni dopo, video available on Fanpage.it YouTube channel, September 2017. Gardini's death is the real, great regret I have from the Mani Pulite period. For two reasons. The first: on that 23 July, Gardini should have told me everything: to whom he had given the billion lire he had taken to [via delle] Botteghe Oscure, the headquarters of the [[w:Italian Communist Party|PCI; who the corrupt financial journalists were, in addition to those already revealed by Sama; and who the beneficiaries of the bulk of the Enimont bribe were, which had been put in a safe place at the IOR. The second reason: I could have saved Gardini. On the evening of the 22nd, just before midnight, the Carabinieri called me at my home in Curno to inform me that Gardini had arrived at his house in Piazza Belgioioso in Milan and they said to me: "Sir, what shall we do? Shall we take him in?". But I had given my word to the lawyers that he would arrive at the Public Prosecutor'sOffice on his own two feet the next morning. And I said to leave it alone. If I had had him arrested immediately, he would still be here with us. Antonio Di Pietro, quoted in «Il mio errore su Raul Gardini. Non lo arrestai per una promessa», 21 July 2013. See also Mani pulite Sergio Cusani External links Gardini, Raul Category:1933 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Businesspeople from Italy