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...control"), but they switch on their local dialects to good advantage when dealing with customers, competitors or labor leaders. Their mere presence helps to blunt occasional arguments from rivals that the government should not give contracts to U.S.-owned firms. Says Gulf Oil's Italian Chief, Prince Nicolo Pignatelli: "If you want to shoot a lion, you had better take along somebody who understands lions. Otherwise, the lion...
...wells. This victory by private enterprise so infuriated the late Enrico Mattei, E.N.I.'s leftist president, that he set out to drive Gulf Italia from Sicily. The Italian left, attacking foreign investors in general, jabbed especially at Gulf Italia's vice president and operating head, Prince Nicolo Pignatelli Aragona Cortes, scion of a noble family that claims Pope Innocent XII and Mexico's Conqueror Hernando Cortes in its lineage. Pignatelli seemed an easy target: he graces Roman society's lavish dinner tables, is a jet-set sportsman, and can be tough in business: when his Ragusa...
Last week, to the astonishment of most Italian businessmen, the long feud between E.N.I, and Gulf Italia ended, and the two protagonists prepared to join in a $150 million oil deal. Nicky Pignatelli, 40, is no man to run from a fight; he had held off the left by forcefully debating Mattei face to face, once successfully sued a Communist newspaper for libel after it accused Gulf Italia of using improperly obtained government surveys to locate its oil. On the other hand, the prince is not inclined to fight needlessly when a deal can be made. E.N.I.'s pipelines...
...return for E.N.I.'s purchase of 12.5 million tons of crude over a five-year period, Pignatelli offered to let E.N.I, operate and market the output of Gulfs Ragusa field, which had long been the main cause of friction between the two companies. E.N.I, bought the deal. Last week, as he waited for the formal signing, Nicky Pignatelli happily tooled his red Ferrari around Rome, where he likes to drive through the piazzas at high speeds. "Many princes are given them early," he said of the car. "I waited till 40 to get mine. I think...
...only a child," but he soon gave in. That night, Baby called for champagne, slipped a jeweled ring on Ana's finger. Then Baby flew off to Rome. The gossip that bounced back might have shaken a less eternal love: Baby arm in arm with Princess Doris Pignatelli. Baby dating Actress Rosanna Schiaffino. Baby dispatching red roses to former Queen Soraya of Iran. Baby dancing with his ex-wife Mimosa. Back in Rio, Baby found Ana Maria full of doubts, but he smothered her in flowers and loving attention. Last week Baby even set a wedding date of sorts...