The General Confederation of Italian Industry (), commonly known as Confindustria, is the Italian employers' federation and national chamber of commerce, founded in 1910. It groups together more than 113,000 voluntary member companies, accounting for nearly 4,200,000 individuals. It aims to help Italy's economic growth, assisting, in doing so, its members. It is a member of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE). The President is Carlo Bonomi since 20 May 2020. Confindustria was a founding member of several organizations, including ISTUD (Istituto Studi Direzionali) and Assingegneria (an organization set up by Confindustria, which has since merged with OICE, L'ingegneria italiana organizzata - which in itself belongs to Confindustria). Members of Confindustria include ANIMA, Federation of the Italian Associations of Mechanical and Engineering Industries. It owns the prominent newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. With local chapters all over Italy, it is popularly synonymous with Italian business. Branches These are the main branches of the Confindustria association: Federcostruzioni Federprogetti ACIMAC ACIMGA AFI AGIS. AIE AIMPES AISCAT ANAV ANDIL ANEPLA ANFAO ANFIA ANFIDA ANICA ANIGAS ANITEC APT ASSAEROPORTI ASSICA ASSISTAL ASSITOL ASSOBETON ASSOBIODIESEL ASSOBIRRA ASSOCARNI AICA ASSONCONSULT ASSOELETTRICA ASSOGAS ASSOIMMOBILIARE ASSOLOGISTICA ASSOMET ASSONAVE. ASSOTTICA ASSTEL CONFINDUSTRIA ANCMA Confindustria Ceramica Confindustria Intellect Confindustria Radio Televisioni Farmindustria Federpesca Federunacoma FEM FISE ITALGROB MINERACQUA TESSILIVARI UCIMU UNIC UNIVIDEO ACIMALL ACIMIT AGENS AIDEPI AIIPA AIOP AITEC ANCIT ANEF ANES ANDIA ANIASA ANICAV ANITA ANPAM ASSAEREO ASSALZOO ASSINFORM ASSITERNMINAL ASSIV ASSOBIBE ASSOBIOMEDICA ASSOCALZATURIFICI Italiani ASSOCARTA ASSOCOMAPLAST ASSOCONTROL ASSOFOND ASSOGRAFICI ASSOLATTE ASSOMAC ASSOMINERARIA ASSOSISTEMA ASSOVETRO CAGEMA Confindustria CECED Italia Confindustria Federorafi Confindustria marmomacchine Conditarma Federacciai Federterme Federvini FIMI IGAS ITALMOPA OICE UCIMA UCINA Unione Petrolifera. Former Presidents Luigi Bonnefon (1910 – 1913) Ferdinando Bocca (1913 – 1918) Dante Ferraris (1918 – 1919) Giovanni Battista Pirelli (1919) Giovanni Silvestri (1919 – 1920) Ettore Conti (1920 – 1921) Raimondo Targetti (1922 – 1923) Antonio Stefano Benni (1923 – 1934) Alberto Pirelli (1934) Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (1934 – 1943) Giovanni Balella (1943) Giuseppe Mazzini (1943) Fabio Friggeri (1944 – 1945) Angelo Costa (1945 – 1955) Alighiero De Micheli (1955 – 1961) Furio Cicogna (1961 – 1966) Angelo Costa (1966 – 1970) Renato Lombardi (1970 – 1974) Gianni Agnelli (1974 – 1976) Guido Carli (1976 – 1980) Vittorio Merloni (1980 – 1984) Luigi Lucchini (1984 – 1988) Sergio Pininfarina (1988 – 1992) Luigi Abete (1992 – 1996) Giorgio Fossa (1996 – 2000) Antonio D'Amato (2000 – 2004) Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (2004