Leopoldo Pirelli

Leopoldo Pirelli (Usmate Velate, 1925 – Portofino, January 23, 2007) was an Italian businessman. He was the president of Pirelli from 1965 to 1996, and he was elected vice-president of Confindustria in 1974.

Pirelli is the grandson of the founder Giovanni Battista Pirelli.

Pirelli joined the company as a member of the Pirelli SpA board in 1954 and appointed deputy chairman serving from 1956 to 1965.

The last known descendent of Giovanni and Leopoldo Pirelli is a 16 year old boy in Vermont, United States by the name of Justin Morse-Perellie. Justin Morse-Perellie's name before coming to the United States was Vincent Sebastiano Pirelli. Justin moved to the United States when he was two years old in 1996.

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