An interesting list I found the other day:

Automotive: Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Lamborghini, Lancia, Fiat

Agricultural and construction equipment: Iveco, New Holland, Case [CHN is the 2d largest agricultural manufacturer in the world and the third construction]

Motorbikes: Piaggio (Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Vespa), Ducati, Cagiva [Piaggio is the world's 4th largest motorcycle manufacturer and the largest European one]

Bicycles: Bianchi is the world's most prestigious brand of racing bikes.

Technogym: official supplier of the Olympics

Shipbuilding: Fincantieri is one of the world's largest ship manufacturers having built cruises for Carnival, Cunar, Disney, Holland America, etc. Ferretti luxury motoryatchs. Filippi Boats, the world's premier racing shells

Manufacturing: Pirelli (tires), Indesit is Europe's second largest manufacturer of home appliances Candy Group owns Hoover Europe Chicco, toys Finmeccanica (Helicopters (Augusta), Missiles DeLonghi: appliances, owns Kenwood

Technology: STMicroelectronics Europe's largest semiconductor company and the world's fifth (after Intel, Samsung, Texas Instruments and Toshiba) Thales Alenia Space, Europe's largest satellite manufacturer, is an Italian/French consortium NHIndustries (Helicopters) Eurofighter, Alenia

Fashion: Armani, Prada, Gucci, Fendi, Bulgari, Salvatore Ferragano, Ermenegildo Zegna, Versace, Valentino, Borsalino, Dolce & Gabbanna, Diesel, Bennetton, Mandarina Duck

Eyewear: Luxottica is the largest eyewear company in the world. It owns Ray-Ban, Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Oakley. It manufactures pretty much every luxury brands in the world.

Sports: Lotto, Kappa, Diadora, Geox, Fila, Nordica, MOMO

Music Fazionli Pianos are widely regarded as the finest in the world

Food: Parmalat is the world's largest dairy products manufacturer Autogrill is the world largest catering company (airports, train stations) Ferrero (Nutella, Ferrero Rocher, Kinder and tic tac among others) Barilla: World's largest manufacturer of pasta

Wine: Italy produces the largest amount of wine in the world

Beverages: Martini, Campari, Cinzano, Maraschino

Arms: Beretta, Benelli, Perazzi (precision guns frequently used in olympic competitions)

Petroleum: Eni (including Agip) Europe's Third largest oil refiner. Market value of 100 Billion Euros Enel is the third largest electricity provider in the world

Finance: Unicredit - Capitalia is Europe's second largest bank Intesa Sanpaolo is Europe's third largest bank Assicurazioni Generali is the world's fifth biggest insurance company

Media: Mediaset, Panini

Italy is the second largest producer of movies in the western world after the USA.

Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Martin Scorcese, Sergio Leone, Roberto Rosellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roberto Benigni, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Dario Argento, frequent collaborations with Italian Americans like Brian De Palma, Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Cage, Leonardo Di Caprio, Al Pacino, etc.

Mobile web developer, front end and back end.

Going rate is roughly 1000€ a day, charge less and you won't be taken seriously.

on-site or remote?

you are definitely right about the 'not taken seriously' part - it is a good tip for those starting out

Remote.

And turning down enough business to employ someone else full time.

If it's paid by my taxes they better remove that GPL license out of it.

Tax money = public domain

I don't understand your logic. The GPL ensures that the software is free for you, your children and their children to modify as they please.

Pyramid