At 4.30 pm on Friday December 4, 1987 Mario Schimberni for the last time called to order the board of directors of Montedison at the second floor director’s room at the company’s Milan headquarters at Foro Bonoparte. He read seven pages of numbers that attested to the fact that in his seven years as chairman he had managed one of the most remarkable corporate turnarounds in recent history. Then, involuntarily, he turned over the reins of Italy’s second largest company to Raul Gardini.
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