![]() Giannini worked as a produce broker, commission merchant and produce dealer for farms in the Santa Clara Valley. In 1885, he dropped out and took a full-time position as a produce broker for L. Giannini attended Heald College but realized he could do better in business than at school. In 1880, Virginia married Lorenzo Scatena (1859–1930) who began L. His widow Virginia, with two children and pregnant with a third child, took over operation of the produce business. ![]() Four years later, Luigi Giannini was fatally shot by an employee over a pay dispute. Luigi Giannini purchased a 40-acre (16 ha) farm at Alviso in 1872 and grew fruits and vegetables for sale. Luigi continued in gold during the 1860s and returned to Italy in 1869 to marry Virginia, bringing her to the US and settling in San Jose. ![]() ![]() Luigi Giannini immigrated to the United States from Favale di Malvaro near Genoa, Liguria in the Kingdom of Sardinia (later part of Italy) to prospect in response to the California Gold Rush of 1849. He was the first son of Luigi Giannini (1840–1877) and Virginia (née Demartini) Giannini (1854–1920). Amadeo Pietro Giannini was born in San Jose, California, to Italian immigrant parents.
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