Elkann said the company would invest around 5 billion euros in new companies it wants to buy, potentially a large one and three to five smaller ones, with a focus on healthcare, luxury and technology.

Exor will use around 1.5 billion euros of its cash coffer for investments through its vehicles Ventures and newly-created Lingotto, he added.

($1 = 0.9668 euros)

(Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari, editing by Alvise Armellini)