Gio Wop

## Giovanni Wop

### Aliases

Gio, Giovanni Woppatelli, RNGio, NRGio, Woppenheimer, Geoff Knightley, Yuji Itadori

## Description

Giovanni "Gio" Wop is a loud and proud Italian-American businessman who has been operating out of Los Santos for quite some time now. Gio has his hands in several legitimate business operations, such as being the CEO of Premium Deluxe Motorsport as well as one of the higher up managers at Benny's Motorworks. He has also owned several other businesses such as several auto-shops and the infamous Mirror Park Tavern.

Gio has a very rough exterior and usually only shows care for those close to him, he is not afraid to let those around him know what he thinks or how he feels about the current situation. Gio is very proud of how he runs PDM, considering it one of his crowning achievements in the business world. He is also an avid car enthusiast, working in and around cars is one of the situations he feels most comfortable. Spending a lot of his life around cars, Gio has grown to become a talented driver, considering himself one of the best around.

On the other end of the spectrum, Gio is one of Los Santos' most notorious criminals. He has been a part of the majority of the high-profile crimes committed in the city in one way or another. Usually serving as a getaway driver or gunman, his track record is second to none. Unlike most, Gio only runs jobs with a select group of individuals, feeling that there's nobody else he can trust in the city. Through crime and legitimate business, Gio has become one of the richest men in the city. While some use charisma and charm to get what they want, he prefers fear and intimidation to garner the respect he feels he deserves. Few have earned that respect back, and some such as the San Andreas Police Department have made themselves a permanent target from getting in the way of what he wants.

## Backstory

Gio was born in Naples, Italy on March 20th, 1972. Gio's father, Luca, was barely around. When he was, he was constantly smoking mid pack around him and trying to shotgun hits into his infant mouth. Gio's mother Claudia had enough one day and got her belongings together and immigrated to America in 1975. It was too late for poor Gio's health however, and the low quality boof pack he inhaled as an infant left his voice gruff and gravely, leaving him in a constant state of pain when he speaks. After immigrating to America, Gio spent most of his childhood in South Florida. After a rather uneventful and boring childhood, save for some petty crime and a few trips to county, Gio moved to Los Santos shortly after his 20th birthday. After a lucky break landing a job at a marketing firm, Gio worked his way up the chain of command and made connections in the business world that he would later leverage into real advantages in the white collar sector. One day at a car meet in the early 2000s, Gio met one of his longtime associates, Enzo Magiano. Enzo got Gio a side job at Benny's Motorworks that he kept for years to come, meeting several people he still speaks to to this day while on the job. It was through all these connections that Gio made a name for himself in the city of Los Santos.