An American billionaire financier, Robert Agostinelli, has a net worth of $1 billion.
Robert Agostinelli is the co-founder and chairman of Rhône Group, a private equity firm.
Rhône Group, a private equity firm, specializes in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and partnerships, with a focus on European and Trans-Atlantic investments.
Rhône provides financial advisory, strategic alliance, joint partnerships, and business valuation services.
Rhône’s headquarters are situated in New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza, with additional offices located in London and Paris.
Robert Agostinelli and Steven Langman, both billionaires, founded Rhône in 1995.
They arrived with a team of experts who have been running and managing Rhône since its inception.
Most of the experts at Rhône have been employed by Lazard and Goldman Sachs since the early 80’s. The company’s investment in energy, materials, industrials, retailing, consumer staples, healthcare, and financial sectors has been concentrated in this area.
Robert Agostinelli was born in Rochester, New York on May 21, 1953.
St John Fisher College awarded him a BA in 1976, and he later attended Columbia Business School, where he completed his MBA and graduated with the highest honors in 1981.
Having started his career in financial services at Jacob Rothschild, he went on to become a senior partner at Goldman Sachs.
While employed at Goldman Sachs, he established the company’s overseas mergers and acquisition division in London, and while employed at Lazard, he was involved in some of the most significant European takeover transactions.
The Rhône Group, established by Agostinelli and Steven Langman, is a profitable business that they continue to develop.
Robert Agostinelli is deeply involved in politics and philanthropy, with his most notable affiliations being the Friends of Israel Initiative and his previous position as the Vice President of the Council of the United States and Italy.