Federico Marchetti (businessman)

Federico Marchetti
Born 1969
Ravenna, Italy
Nationality Italian
Alma mater Bocconi University, Columbia University
Occupation Founder of YOOX and CEO of YOOX NET A PORTER Group
Known for Founding Internet retailing company YOOX Group
Website federicomarchetti.com

Federico Marchetti (born 1969) is the founder of YOOX and CEO of YOOX NET-A-PORTER Group.[1] After graduating at Bocconi University and getting an MBA at Columbia University and following a brief career in finance and consulting, he created the Internet retailing company in 2000 in Zola Predosa.[2]

In December 2009, Marchetti took YOOX Group public on the Borsa Italiana (Milan Stock Exchange), the first European tech company to do so since the economic downturn of that period.[3] In 2010, YOOX Group opened its first offices in China in the city of Shanghai, opening its first mono-brand site there, www.emporioarmani.cn.[4]

In 2011, Marchetti was given an award for Innovation and Internet by the Italy-based Chi è Chi (Who's Who) organization.[5]

On 25 January 2012, Marchetti and YOOX Group were awarded the Comitato Leonardo's Premio Leonardo award for innovation by Giorgio Napolitano, President of Italy.[6]

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