Revenue € 9.726 bn (2004) Founded 1998 | Number of employees 44,000 (2006) Defunct 2007 | |
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Key people Alfonso Iozzo, CEOEnrico Salza, Chairman Predecessors | ||
Sanpaolo IMI S.p.A. was an Italian banking and insurance conglomerate, based in Turin. It employed about 44,000 people and had about 7 million customers.
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On August 24, 2006 a merger with Banca Intesa was announced, which on 1 December 2006 was approved by the joint meetings of the shareholders of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. On 2 January 2007 the merger went into effect, thereby creating Intesa Sanpaolo, now the largest Italian bank and one of the largest in the Eurozone.
The new banking company based in Turin and is administered under the "two-tier model", with the presence of a Supervisory Board and a Board of Management. This was the first application of this model in a major Italian company.
History
Sanpaolo IMI was formed by many merger of banks, which in 1998 Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino merged with Istituto Mobiliare Italiano.
In 2002, the group absorbed Cardine Banca, a short lived holding company that consist of Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, Cassa di Risparmio di Udine e Pordenone, Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia and Banca Popolare dell'Adriatico.
Activities
Sanpaolo IMI had about 3,200 local offices where private, business and retail banking activities take place. It also managed savings and retirement funds.
Management
The last honorary president was Luigi Arcuti. The last president was Enrico Salza, the last managing director was Alfonso Iozzo, the last general manager was Pietro Modiano.
Subsidiaries
Before the merger the following banks were the subsidiaries of the group:
Ownership
Before the merger, on 31 December 2006 the shareholders were (ordinary and preference shares):
- Compagnia di San Paolo 14.19%
- Fondazione Cariparo 7.02%
- Fondazione Carisbo 5.54%
- Giovanni Agnelli e C. 4.96%
- Banco Santander 3.63%
- Carlo Tassara 2.51%
- Assicurazioni Generali 2.47%