Private company

De Agostini Editore

Logo: De Agostini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Italian holding company

De Agostini S.p.A. is an Italian holding company that coordinates the strategic operating companies De Agostini Editore, De Agostini Communications, IGT, and DeA Capital, and makes financial investments, among which the main investment is a minority stake in Assicurazioni Generali. It is active worldwide in four sectors: publishing, media and communication, games and services, and finance.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

1901Founded1
  • Industryholding company1
  • HeadquartersNovara1
  • Founded inRome1
  • Websitegruppodeagostini.it/it
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1
  • LEI815600551B19CF9CD0023
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressVIA GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO, 15, 28100 Novara, Italy3
  • Registered withInfocamere, 016896500323

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Photo: F Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

De Agostini S.p.A. is an Italian holding company that coordinates the strategic operating companies De Agostini Editore, De Agostini Communications, IGT, and DeA Capital, and makes financial investments, among which the main investment is a minority stake in Assicurazioni Generali. It is active worldwide in four sectors: publishing, media and communication, games and services, and finance. It was founded in 1901 by geographer Giovanni De Agostini in Rome, and later moved to Novara.2

The story

Founded by Giovanni De Agostini in 1901, in Rome.1

The geographer Giovanni De Agostini, brother of the Salesian explorer Alberto Maria de Agostini, founded the De Agostini Geographical Institute in Rome in June 1901 and published a school atlas, that same year the first shop was inaugurated. In 1904, he started the publication of the Atlante de Agostini Calendar, a small volume with geographical news combined with the annual calendar.

From Wikipedia’s article on De Agostini, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

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Parent company (GLEIF)

Ultimate parent

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. 2002Acquired UTET1
  2. 1999Acquired Orbis Publishing Ltd.1

Timeline

  1. Jan 24, 2018Parent Directly consolidated by DE AGOSTINI S.P.A.3
  2. 1901Founded Founded in Rome1

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