Ernesto Bertarelli
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Ernesto Bertarelli (born 22 September 1965) is a Swiss / Italian businessman and yachtsman.
Born in Rome, Bertarelli was CEO and Deputy Chairman of Serono, a Swiss biotechnology company he inherited from his father. Serono was sold to Merck KGaA of Germany in September 2006 for US$13.3 billion, forming a new company Merck-Serono.
His personal wealth was estimated by Forbes' List of billionaires (2007) at US$8.8 billion.
In 2000, he founded the yachting syndicate Team Alinghi. In 2003, Alinghi won the Louis Vuitton Cup before going on to win the America's Cup. Bertarelli served as navigator aboard Alinghi.
He graduated from Babson College and Harvard Business School.
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