Rodolfo De Benedetti

Rodolfo De Benedetti (Torino, 2 July 1961) is an Italian entrepreneur and company executive, Chairman of the CIR Group (Compagnie Industriali Riunite).

Rodolfo De Benedetti

Biography

Rodolfo De Benedetti was born in Turin in July 1961, the eldest son of Carlo De Benedetti and Mita Crosetti. He has two brothers, Marco and Edoardo.

After graduating from the University of Geneva in 1982 in Political economics and in 1985 in Law, he started working from September 1985 to December 1986 for LODH in Geneva as Assistant to the Chief Executive, and from January 1987 to January 1988 for Shearson Lehman/American Express (New York) as an associate in the merchant banking sector.

Having completed this experience abroad, he began working for the family businesses. From January 1988 to March 1989 he was Director of International Affairs for COFIDE. From 1990 to 1993 he held the position of General Manager of CIR Group and from 1989 to 1995 also of COFIDE.

From his entry into the family business, Rodolfo De Benedetti worked on restructuring the CIR Group, transforming it into a diversified holding company.[1] In 1999 he set up Sorgenia, today one of the main operators in the Italian energy sector, and in 2003 founded the company today known as KOS, which is active in the healthcare and care-home sector. These two companies are today the main activities of CIR together with Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, one of the most important Italian publishing groups, and Sogefi, the global automotive components manufacturer.

Rodolfo De Benedetti is currently the Chief Executive of CIR and COFIDE and is Chairman of Sorgenia and SOGEFI. He sits on the Board of Directors of Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, Finegil, Allianz Italia, and Banque SYZ & Co SA.

Since May 2006 he has been on the 'European Advisory Board' of the Harvard Business School, while since November of the same year he has been a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists.

In March 2013 his father Carlo De Benedetti transferred control of the group to him and his brothers Marco and Edoardo at no cost. After this operation, Rodolfo De Benedetti became in April of 2013 executive chairman of COFIDE and of the CIR Group.[2]

Personal

Rodolfo De Benedetti is married to the writer Emmanuelle de Villepin and has three daughters, Neige, Alix and Mita.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8a2e6f62-b4f4-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html#axzz1E8M1dhhX
  2. ↑ http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFI6E8LC01L20121029

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