Eni
 Eni  (Oil company, Gas company)    | |
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| Formation | 1953 |
| Founder |  Enrico Mattei |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Subgroups | ENI/President |
| Member of | Atlantic Council/Corporate Members, Council on Foreign Relations/Corporate Members |
| Italian multinational oil and gas founded by Enrico Mattei. | |
Eni S.p.A. is an Italian multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Rome. Led to its importance by the legendary Enrico Mattei, it is considered one of the seven "supermajor" oil companies in the world,[1] with a market capitalization of US$54.08 billion, as of 11 April 2022.[2] The Italian government owns a 30.33% golden share in the company, 4.37% held through the Ministry of Economy and Finance and 25.96% through the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.[3]
The name "ENI" was initially the acronym of "Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi" (National Hydrocarbons Board). Through the years after its foundation however, it operated in many fields including contracting, nuclear power, energy, mining, chemicals and plastics, refining/extraction and distribution machinery, hospitality industry and even the textile industry and news.
Enrico Mattei
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Enrico Mattei
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The legendary industrialist Enrico Mattei died in an October 1962 airplane assassination.
String of deaths
The company experienced a string of premature deaths to cover up an early 1990s corruption scandal, where hundreds of millions of dollars were paid to politicians over the creation and quick demise of the Enimont chemical company, a joint venture with Ferruzzi. "On July 23, 1993, a day after news reports leaked testimony of the slush fund, swashbuckling industrialist Raul Gardini shot himself in his apartment in an 18th-century palace. Authorities had been preparing to arrest him that day along with his two brothers-in-law, both executives with Ferruzzi. With that gunshot, the last of four principals who could shed the most light on Enimont was dead. Three days earlier, former ENI Chairman Gabriele Cagliari was found dead in his prison cell in Milan, a plastic bag fastened around his neck. In February, authorities discovered the body of Sergio Castellari, who as director general of the state industries ministry had a key role in the creation of Enimont and also was under investigation. Police discovered his body on a hill outside Rome, a half-filled whiskey bottle nearby, a pistol in his belt and a bullet wound in his head. It seemed a suicide, but now investigators think it may have been murder. The last principal, state industries minister Franco Piga, was said to have died of natural causes last summer. But some Parliament members want his body exhumed for an autopsy as the intrigue grows."[4]
