Overview
- He co-founded Sammontana with his brothers Renzo and Sergio, turning their father Romeo’s postwar bar-latteria in Empoli into a major Italian gelato company.
- He had recently been hospitalized after a cerebral hemorrhage, following a stroke a couple of years earlier.
- Operational control had already shifted to his heirs, with Leonardo Bagnoli as CEO, Marco Bagnoli as vice president, and Sibilla Bagnoli leading marketing.
- Empoli’s mayor, Alessio Mantellassi, offered condolences and praised Bagnoli’s role in the city’s industrial growth and his close relationship with workers.
- Sammontana’s legacy includes nationally recognized products like the Barattolino and advertising that popularized the image of “gelati all’italiana.”