He always was close the club. He could very well has been son of Gianni, for the way he loves this club.
He has had his not so cute doings, which we all know, but you cant deny that Agnelli knows whats going on with Juve, knows what needs to be done and loves this team so much, just like the previous agnellis before him.
In today's footbal world, were teams are ruled by filthy rich oil overlords, or dodgy board of directors who just care about getting rich, is very unique to have an old school hierarchy like the Agnelli/Elkann.
And the best of it is that they are not rotten or incompetent like Berlusconi, they are very very good.
And in this times of economical difficulty, they are doing a fukin hell of a job. We need to remember that Gianni and Umberto never faced a reality like this, with so many overwhelming powers outside of italy and a weak ass Juve without resources, and this 2 dudes, supported by a great team of proffesionals and business men, got this team afloat.
Really impressive job.