Carlo Barsotti

Carlo Barsotti (4 January 1850 – 30 March 1927) was an Italian-American newspaper and bank owner.

Emigration to New York Barsotti was born in Bagni di San Giuliano (now San Giuliano Terme) near Pisa in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, on 4 January 1850, and emigrated from Italy to New York City in 1872.

Barsotti used his newspaper as a tool to raise funds for monuments to great Italian figures, which were disseminated all over New York City's parks. Examples of his funding efforts are Washington Square (Giuseppe Garibaldi), Battery Park (Giovanni Da Verrazzano), Verdi Square (Giuseppe Verdi) and Columbus Circle (Christopher Columbus).

After rapidly expanding his banking business, Barsotti declared bankruptcy in 1897, resulting in the loss of savings for many of his fellow Italians.

In 1922, he donated $250,000 to his homeland for the construction of a tunnel under Monte Pisano. He died in Coytesville, (New Jersey), on 30 March 1927. In 1875, Barsotti had married Margaret Heist, from Frankfurt (Germany), with whom he had two children, Carlo and Anna.