Gianmario Roveraro

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Gianmario Roveraro (born May 24, 1936 , † probably July 5, 2006 near Parma ) was an Italian banker and founder of Akros Finanziaria . He was significantly involved in the Parmalat scandal and was kidnapped and murdered in 2006.

fate

He was first known as a track and field athlete between 1954 and 1959 and was one of the leading high jumpers in Italy. He was the first Italian to jump the 2 m mark. He took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics for Italy and won the national high jumping championships from 1954 to 1956.

He was known as a member of the Roman Catholic organization Opus Dei . As the owner of the Milan- based Akros Bank, Roveraro sat on control and management bodies of financing organizations close to Opus Dei and was also a financial advisor to the Vatican in the 1990s.

In 1990 he brought the conglomerate Parmalat to the stock exchange together with Calisto Tanzi . After the company went bankrupt in 2003, Roveraro faced fraudulent bankruptcy lawsuits.

On July 5, 2006, he was kidnapped on his way back from an Opus Dei event. On July 21, 2006, his dismembered body was found near Parma. The unsolved crime has often been compared to the murder of Roberto Calvi .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ orf.at of January 28, 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.orf.at  
  2. ↑ Gianmario Roveraro on sports-reference.com
  3. ↑ a b c Banker in food scandal is found dead after Opus Dei meeting. In: The Times , July 22, 2006.
  4. ^ Gordon Urquhart: Opus Dei: The Pope's Right Arm in Europe. Published by Catholics for a Free Choice , Washington DC 1997.
  5. ↑ a b A dead banker, Opus Dei and the Parmalat scandal , Handelsblatt, July 24, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Roveraro, Gianmario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian athlete, banker and founder of Akros Finanziaria
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1936
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: July 5, 2006
Place of death at Parma