100 Notable Alumni of Bocconi University [Sorted List]

Chiara Ferragni

Born in: Italy
Years: 1987-.. (age 37)
Occupations: entrepreneurfashion bloggerfashion designerfashion influencerblogger
Biography: Chiara Ferragni is an Italian blogger, businesswoman, fashion designer and model who has collaborated with fashion and beauty brands through her blog The Blonde Salad.

Andrea Agnelli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1975-.. (age 49)
Occupations: businesspersonentrepreneur
Biography: Andrea Agnelli is an Italian businessman. Since May 2010, Agnelli served as chairman of Italian association football club Juventus F.C., which it returned to Italian football dominance throughout the 2010s with nine consecutive record-breaking Serie A titles, along with four consecutive national doubles and one domestic treble. Under Angelli's presidency, Juventus also returned to European competitiveness, reaching one UEFA Europa League semifinal and two UEFA Champions League finals. In November 2022, he resigned his positions, amid the Plusvalenze investigation.

Pierre Casiraghi

Born in: Monaco
Years: 1987-.. (age 37)
Occupations: racing automobile driverracing driversailorpoliticianbusinessperson
Biography: Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi is the younger son and youngest of three children of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. He is the maternal-line grandson of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. Casiraghi is eighth in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne, following his twin cousins Hereditary Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, his mother, his brother Andrea, nephews Alexandre and Maximilian Casiraghi and niece India Casiraghi.

Beatrice Borromeo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1985-.. (age 39)
Enrolled in Bocconi University: In 2010 studied international law and economics
Occupations: socialitemodeltelevision presenterpoliticianjournalist
Biography: Beatrice dei Principi Borromeo Arese Taverna is an Italian journalist and fashion model. Born into an aristocratic family, she graduated from Bocconi University and Columbia University. She became a journalist for Il Fatto Quotidiano, Newsweek and Daily Beast. She also worked as a broadcast journalist for Anno Zero on Rai 2 and hosted a weekly show on the Radio 105 Network. She married Pierre Casiraghi, a son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, in 2015 and had two children. As a model, she became the 2021 ambassador of Dior.

Mario Monti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1943-.. (age 81)
Occupations: economistinternational forum participantpoliticianuniversity teacher
Biography: Mario Monti is an Italian economist and academic who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013, leading a technocratic government in the wake of the Italian debt crisis.

Emma Bonino

Born in: Italy
Years: 1948-.. (age 76)
Enrolled in Bocconi University: Studied in 1972
Occupations: politician
Biography: Emma Bonino is an Italian politician. A senator for Rome, she served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2014. Previously, she was a Member of the European Parliament and a member of the Chamber of Deputies. She served in the government of Italy as minister of international trade from 2006 to 2008.

Roberto Calvi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1920-1982 (aged 62)
Occupations: banker
Biography: Roberto Calvi was an Italian banker, dubbed "God's Banker" (Italian: Banchiere di Dio) by the press because of his close business dealings with the Holy See. He was a native of Milan and was chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, which collapsed in one of Italy's biggest political scandals.

Daniela Santanchè

Born in: Italy
Years: 1961-.. (age 63)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Daniela Garnero, commonly known by her former married name as Daniela Santanchè ( Italian pronunciation: [daˈnjɛːla santaŋˈkɛ]), is an Italian politician. Between 2010 and 2011 she served as Undersecretary to the Ministry for the Implementation of the Government Program in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet. She is currently the regional coordinator of Brothers of Italy in Lombardy and the Minister of Tourism in the Meloni Cabinet.

Luigi Einaudi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1874-1961 (aged 87)
Occupations: professorlawyereconomistbankerjournalist
Biography: Luigi Numa Lorenzo Einaudi was an Italian politician and economist. He served as the president of Italy from 1948 to 1955.

Giancarlo Giorgetti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: international forum participantpolitician
Biography: Giancarlo Giorgetti is an Italian politician and prominent member of the League, of which he became deputy secretary in 2016. Since October 2022, Giorgetti has served as Minister of Economy and Finance in the government of Giorgia Meloni. Previously, he was Secretary of the Council of Ministers from June 2018 until September 2019, in the government of Giuseppe Conte and later Minister of Economic Development from February 2021 until October 2022, in the government of Mario Draghi.

Paolo Scaroni

Born in: Italy
Years: 1946-.. (age 78)
Occupations: entrepreneur
Biography: Paolo Scaroni is an Italian businessman and banker, currently the chairman of Enel and A.C. Milan. Between 2002 and 2014 he has been chief executive officer of Italian energy companies Enel and Eni.

Giuseppe Sala

Born in: Italy
Years: 1958-.. (age 66)
Occupations: managerbusinesspersonpolitician
Biography: Giuseppe "Beppe" Sala is an Italian manager and politician, currently mayor of Milan. He was CEO of Expo 2015 in Milan from 2010 to 2015. He became mayor of Milan in 2016, supported by the centre-left coalition, and he was confirmed for a second term in the 2021 municipal election.

Urbano Cairo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1957-.. (age 67)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: Urbano Cairo is an Italian businessman and media proprietor.

Nouriel Roubini

Born in: Turkey
Years: 1958-.. (age 66)
Occupations: economistart collectorinternational forum participantuniversity teacher
Biography: Nouriel Roubini is a Turkish-born Iranian-American economic consultant, economist, and writer. He is a Professor Emeritus since 2021 at the Stern School of Business of New York University.

Francesco Boccia

Born in: Italy
Years: 1968-.. (age 56)
Occupations: university teacherpoliticianeconomist
Biography: Francesco Boccia is an Italian academic and politician of the Democratic Party (PD) who served as Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Philippe Daverio

Born in: France
Years: 1949-2020 (aged 71)
Occupations: art dealerart critictelevision presenterart historianjournalist
Biography: Philippe Daverio was an Italian art historian, gallerist, teacher, writer, author, politician, and television personality.

Vittorio Colao

Born in: Italy
Years: 1961-.. (age 63)
Occupations: entrepreneurchief executive officerbusinesspersonmanagerinternational forum participant
Biography: Vittorio Amedeo Colao is an Italian manager who served as Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition in the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi from 2021 to 2022. From 2008 until 2018, he was the chief executive officer at Vodafone Group.

Nina Seničar

Born in: Serbia
Years: 1985-.. (age 39)
Occupations: actortelevision presentermodel
Biography: Nina Seničar is a Serbian actress and model based in Los Angeles. She has appeared in Hollywood movies such as Papillon (2017) and Mayhem (2017), as well as numerous Italian film and television productions.

Prince Aimone, 6th Duke of Aosta

Born in: Italy
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: businessperson
Biography: Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, 6th Duke of Aosta is one of two claimants to be head of the House of Savoy. Since November 2019, he has served as the Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Russia.

Flavio Cattaneo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Occupations: managerbusinessperson
Biography: Flavio Cattaneo is an Italian manager, non-executive vice president of Italo - Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, the first private company operating high-speed trains in Europe, and member of the board of Assicurazioni Generali. He is CEO and General Manager of Enel and vice chair of Endesa.

Chiara Appendino

Born in: Italy
Years: 1984-.. (age 40)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Chiara Appendino is an Italian politician and sports manager, mayor of Turin and the Turin metropolitan city from 30 June 2016 to 27 October 2021 and vice president of the Italian Tennis Federation from 2 October 2020. She is a member of the Five Star Movement (M5S).

Marco Tronchetti Provera

Born in: Italy
Years: 1948-.. (age 76)
Occupations: businesspersonentrepreneur
Biography: Marco Tronchetti Provera is an Italian businessman. He was the chief executive officer of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. from 1992 to 2022 and its executive vice chairman since October 20, 2015. He is the chairman of Marco Tronchetti, Provera & C. S.p.A., a holding that he controls and which indirectly holds 50% of Camfin S.p.A. (where he was Chairman until December 2013). Camfin indirectly holds 41% of Marco Polo Industrial Holding S.p.A., the major shareholder who controls Pirelli & C. S.p.A.

Marco Cappato

Born in: Italy
Years: 1971-.. (age 53)
Enrolled in Bocconi University: In 1994 studied economics
Occupations: politician
Biography: Marco Cappato is an Italian activist and politician. Cappato was an Italian Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009. He represented the Bonino List within the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe parliamentary group. He was member of the Foreign Affairs, Civil Liberties, and Human Rights committees. He also served as a vice-president of the European Parliament Delegation for the relations with the Mashrek Countries. He was the European Parliament's Rapporteur on human rights in the world for 2007.

Emma Marcegaglia

Born in: Italy
Years: 1965-.. (age 59)
Occupations: international forum participantbusinessperson
Biography: Emma Marcegaglia is an Italian entrepreneur. She was president of Confindustria from 2008 to 2012, and president of the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli from 2010 to 2019. From 2014 to 2020 she was president of Eni.

Luca de Meo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Biography: Luca de Meo is an Italian automotive executive who is currently the CEO of Renault Group.

Tito Boeri

Born in: Italy
Years: 1958-.. (age 66)
Occupations: economistuniversity teacher
Biography: Tito Michele Boeri is an Italian economist, currently professor of economics at Bocconi University, Milan and acts as Scientific Director of the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.

David Nyefolo

Born in: South Africa
Years: 1957-.. (age 67)
Occupations: chief executive officerbankerbusinessperson
Biography: Alessandro Profumo, current CEO of Leonardo S.p.A., is an Italian manager in banking. He worked as a consultant at McKinsey and Bain and, when CEO of Unicredit, he was involved in the merger with HypoVereinsbank, Bank Austria Creditanstalt and Capitalia with the UniCredit Group. He resigned as CEO of the Unicredit Group on 21 September 2010.

Nando dalla Chiesa

Born in: Italy
Years: 1949-.. (age 75)
Occupations: politicianwriter
Biography: Fernando "Nando" dalla Chiesa is an Italian academic and politician, honorary president of Libera, former deputy and senator.

Benedetto Della Vedova

Born in: Italy
Years: 1962-.. (age 62)
Occupations: economistpolitician
Biography: Benedetto Della Vedova is an Italian politician.

Riccardo Silva

Born in: Italy
Years: 1970-.. (age 54)
Occupations: businessperson
Biography: Riccardo Silva is an Italian businessman and investor. He is owner of Silva International Investments, which has investments in a range of companies across media, sports, entertainment, art, and real estate. He is also co-owner of AC Milan, president and co-owner of Miami FC, owner of the Silva family art collection, and previously served as CEO of the Milan Channel.

Corrado Passera

Born in: Italy
Years: 1954-.. (age 70)
Occupations: politicianbankerbusiness executiveeconomistinternational forum participant
Biography: Corrado Passera is an Italian manager and banker, who has served as minister of economic development and infrastructure and transport in the Mario Monti Cabinet. He is a member of Spencer Stuart's Industrial Chain practices.

Lara Comi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1983-.. (age 41)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Lara Comi is an Italian politician, member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019, and again since 2022.

Stefano Fassina

Born in: Italy
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: economistpolitician
Biography: Stefano Fassina is an Italian economist and politician. He is a former member of the Chamber of Deputies and of Italy's Democratic Party. Since 2018, he is the leader of the left-wing political association Fatherland and Constitution.

Irene Tinagli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1974-.. (age 50)
Occupations: assistant professorpoliticianeconomist
Biography: Irene Tinagli is an Italian Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She serves as chairperson of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Luigi Zingales

Born in: Italy
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Occupations: economistuniversity teacher
Biography: Luigi Zingales is an Italian academic who is a finance professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His book Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists (2003) is a study of "relationship capitalism". In A Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity (2012), Zingales "suggests that channeling populist anger can reinvigorate the power of competition and reverse the movement toward a 'crony system'."

Alberto Alesina

Born in: Italy
Years: 1957-2020 (aged 63)
Occupations: economist
Biography: Alberto Francesco Alesina was an Italian economist who served as the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University from 2003 until his death in 2020. He was known principally as an economist of politics and culture, and was famed for his usage of economic tools to study social and political issues. He was described as having “almost single-handedly” established the modern field of political economy, and as a likely contender for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Massimo Garavaglia

Born in: Italy
Years: 1968-.. (age 56)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Massimo Garavaglia is an Italian politician who served as Minister of Tourism in the Draghi Cabinet.

Marco Zanni

Born in: Italy
Years: 1986-.. (age 38)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Marco Zanni is an Italian politician, member of the European Parliament for the League.

Salvatore Aranzulla

Born in: Italy
Years: 1990-.. (age 34)
Occupations: businesspersonblogger
Biography: Salvatore Aranzulla is an Italian blogger and entrepreneur. He is a well-known popularizer and author of problem solving tutorials for information technology (especially software) by the general Italian public.

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa

Born in: Italy
Years: 1940-2010 (aged 70)
Occupations: bankerpoliticianeconomist
Biography: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, OMRI was an Italian banker and economist who served as Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008. He previously served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005. Padoa-Schioppa is considered as a founding father of the European single currency. He was a former member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.

Giovanni Arrighi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1937-2009 (aged 72)
Occupations: university teachersociologisteconomist
Biography: Giovanni Arrighi was an Italian economist, sociologist and world-systems analyst, from 1998 a Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His work has been translated into over fifteen languages.

Renato Soru

Born in: Italy
Years: 1957-.. (age 67)
Occupations: politicianentrepreneurbusinessperson
Biography: Renato Soru is an Italian politician and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the internet service company Tiscali, based in Cagliari. Forbes listed Soru as one of the world's richest people, with a net worth of over $4 billion as of September 2001.

Fabrizio Saccomanni

Born in: Italy
Years: 1942-2019 (aged 77)
Occupations: economistinternational forum participantpoliticianbanker
Biography: Fabrizio Saccomanni was an Italian economist, civil servant and the director general of the Bank of Italy. He served as minister of economy and finance between April 2013 and February 2014. From 13 April 2018 until his death, Saccomanni was the chairman of UniCredit.

Teresa de Lauretis

Born in: Italy
Years: 1938-.. (age 86)
Occupations: historianuniversity teacherphilosopherfilm theoristfeminist
Biography: Teresa de Lauretis is an Italian author and Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her areas of interest include semiotics, psychoanalysis, film theory, literary theory, feminism, women's studies, lesbian- and queer studies. She has also written on science fiction. Fluent in English and Italian, she writes in both languages. Additionally, her work has been translated into sixteen other languages.

Paolo Monti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1908-1982 (aged 74)
Enrolled in Bocconi University: In 1930 studied economics
Occupations: photographer
Biography: Paolo Monti was an Italian photographer, known for his architectural photography.

Carlo Scognamiglio

Born in: Italy
Years: 1944-.. (age 80)
Occupations: university teacherpoliticianeconomist
Biography: Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini is an Italian economist and politician. He is a university professor in applied economics, and was Chancellor of the LUISS University of Rome (1984–1992). He was President of the Italian Senate from 1994 to 1996 and Minister of Defence from 1998 to 2000.

Jörg Asmussen

Born in: Germany
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: economistinternational forum participantministry officialbanker
Biography: Jörg Asmussen is a German economist and banker has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of the German Insurance Association (GDV) since 2020.

Alberto Bonisoli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1961-.. (age 63)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Alberto Bonisoli is an Italian politician.

Silvia Sardone

Born in: Italy
Years: 1982-.. (age 42)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Silvia Serafina Sardone is an Italian politician and a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Antonio Misiani

Born in: Italy
Years: 1968-.. (age 56)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Antonio Misiani is an Italian politician. He was Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance in the Conte II Cabinet.

Francesco Milleri

Born in: Italy
Years: 1959-.. (age 65)
Occupations: business executive
Biography: Francesco Milleri is an Italian businessman, who has been the CEO of EssilorLuxottica since June 2022.

Vittorio Grilli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1957-.. (age 67)
Occupations: economistinternational forum participantpoliticianuniversity teacher
Biography: Vittorio Grilli is an Italian economist and academic. He was Italy's minister of economy and finance from 2012 to 2013 as part of the Monti cabinet.

Barbara Pollastrini

Born in: Italy
Years: 1947-.. (age 77)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Barbara Pollastrini is an Italian politician and university professor.

Claudio Costamagna

Born in: Italy
Years: 1956-.. (age 68)
Occupations: international forum participantbanker
Biography: Claudio Costamagna is an Italian banker and businessman. He was chairman of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti from July 2015 to July 2018.

Carlo Tognoli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1938-2021 (aged 83)
Occupations: politicianjournalist
Biography: Carlo Tognoli was an Italian politician, who was Mayor of Milan and minister of the Italian Republic.

Emma Twigg

Born in: New Zealand
Years: 1987-.. (age 37)
Occupations: rower
Biography: Emma Kimberley Twigg is a New Zealand rower. A single sculler, she was the 2014 world champion and won gold in her fourth Olympics in Tokyo in July 2021. Previous Olympic appearances were in 2008 (ninth place), 2012 (fourth place), and 2016 (fourth place). She has retired from rowing twice, first for master-level studies in Europe in 2015 and then after the 2016 Olympics, disappointed at having narrowly missed an Olympic medal for the second time. After two years off the water, she started training again in 2018 and won silver at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. Since her marriage in 2020, she has become an outspoken advocate for LGBT athletes. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Twigg won gold in the woman's single scull.

Patrizia Toia

Born in: Italy
Years: 1950-.. (age 74)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Patrizia Toia is an Italian politician and member of the European Parliament for North-West with Democratic Party, part of the group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

Andrea Sironi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Occupations: researcherinternational forum participanteconomist
Biography: Andrea Sironi is an Italian academic. He is a Professor of Banking and Finance at Bocconi University, where he was the Rector from 2012 to 2016, and has been the President since 2022. He also serves as chairman of Assicurazioni Generali and Fondazione AIRC per la Ricerca sul Cancro.

Ugo Cappellacci

Born in: Italy
Years: 1960-.. (age 64)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Ugo Cappellacci is an Italian Sardinian politician and member of the Forza Italia (FI) political party. Cappellacci, a center-right, politician, was elected President of Sardinia in the 2009 regional election, held in February 2009, with 51.9% of the vote, ousting the incumbent left-wing coalition led by Renato Soru, who garnered 42.89%. He took office as President on 27 February 2009. He lost as incumbent to Francesco Pigliaru of the Democratic Party in the 2014 regional election.

Francesco Laforgia

Born in: Italy
Years: 1978-.. (age 46)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Francesco Laforgia is an Italian academic and politician.

Paolo Baffi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1911-1989 (aged 78)
Occupations: economistbanker
Biography: Paolo Baffi was an Italian academic, banker, and economist. He was the Governor of Bank of Italy from 1975 to 1979.

Massimo Tononi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Occupations: economistinternational forum participantpoliticianbanker
Biography: Massimo Tononi is an Italian banker and politician. Chairman of Banco BPM.

Jay Santos

Born in: Colombia
Years: 1988-.. (age 36)
Occupations: singer
Biography: Jay Santos is a Colombian vocalist and singer of electro house dance music and reggaeton. He is signed to Spain's Blanco y Negro Music record label.

Giorgio Starace

Born in: Italy
Years: 1959-.. (age 65)
Occupations: diplomat
Biography: Giorgio Starace is an Italian diplomat, the current Ambassador to Russian Federation. In his earlier career, he used to be an Ambassador to Japan and to the United Arab Emirates.

Piero Pirelli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1881-1956 (aged 75)
Occupations: politicianentrepreneur
Biography: Piero Pirelli, born Piero Carlo Pirelli,, was an Italian entrepreneur and the son of Giovanni Battista Pirelli, the founder of Pirelli.

Antonio Marcegaglia

Born in: Italy
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Occupations: businesspersonentrepreneur
Biography: Antonio Marcegaglia is an Italian managing director, Chairman and CEO of Marcegaglia.

Andrea Enria

Born in: Italy
Years: 1961-.. (age 63)
Occupations: bankerinternational forum participanteconomist
Biography: Andrea Enria an Italian economist who currently serves as Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board, as of 1 January 2019. He previously served as the chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA) between 2011 and 2019.

Alberto Alemanno

Born in: Italy
Years: 1975-.. (age 49)
Occupations: lawyerjuristinternational forum participantuniversity teacher
Biography: Alberto Alemanno is an academic, author, public interest lawyer, and civic entrepreneur. He is Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris since 2009, permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo, School of Public Policy, and at the College of Europe in Bruges.

Enrico La Loggia

Born in: Italy
Years: 1947-.. (age 77)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Enrico La Loggia is an Italian politician, former Minister of Regional Affairs from 2001 to 2006.

Teresa Cremisi

Born in: Egypt
Years: 1945-.. (age 79)
Occupations: business executivebusinesspersonpublisher
Biography: Teresa Cremisi is an Egyptian-born Italian publisher and writer. She was born in Alexandria, where she attended the French Catholic boarding school Notre-Dame de Sion d'Alexandrie. She left Egypt with her family after the Suez crisis of 1956. The family settled in Milan, and Teresa took a degree in foreign languages and literature at Bocconi University.

Raffaele Jerusalmi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1961-.. (age 63)
Occupations: managerbusinessperson
Biography: Raffaele Jerusalmi is an Italian executive and CEO of Borsa Italiana S.p.A.

Alessandro Canelli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1971-.. (age 53)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Alessandro Canelli is an Italian politician.

George Biagi

Born in: United Kingdom
Years: 1985-.. (age 39)
Occupations: rugby union player
Biography: George Biagi is a retired Italy international rugby union. He represented Italy on 23 occasions. He was born in Scotland to Scots/Italian father and an Italian mother and later went to Italy to study. He has stated he has equal allegiance to both countries.

Mario Biondi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1939-.. (age 85)
Occupations: writerliterary criticpoettranslatorjournalist
Biography: Mario Biondi is an Italian writer, poet, literary critic, journalist and translator. His reputation is mainly due to the novel Gli occhi di una donna, which earned him the important Italian award Premio Campiello in 1985. He has a keen interest in Central Asia and Tibetan history and culture, and in recent years has travelled all of the Silk Road through Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and many provinces of China, among which Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Qinghai and obviously Xizang (Tibet).

Antonio Casilli

Years: 1972-.. (age 52)
Occupations: sociologistuniversity teacher
Biography: Antonio A. Casilli is a Professor of Sociology at Télécom Paris, the school of telecommunications engineering of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris, and an Associate Researcher at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. His research focuses on computer-mediated communication, labour, and fundamental rights. He has been a regular commentator at La Grande Table and Place de la Toile on France Culture.

Paolo Perrone

Born in: Italy
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Paolo Perrone is an Italian politician.

Grazia Francescato

Born in: Italy
Years: 1946-.. (age 78)
Occupations: politicianjournalist
Biography: Grazia Francescato is an Italian politician, journalist and activist.

Giuseppe Luraghi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1905-1991 (aged 86)
Occupations: journalistbusinesspersonwriter
Biography: Giuseppe Eugenio Luraghi was an Italian automobile executive, mechanical engineer, writer and poet. He is mostly known for his association with Alfa Romeo, where he was president.

Steven Goldstein

Born in: Colombia
Years: 1981-.. (age 43)
Occupations: racing automobile driver
Biography: Steven Goldstein is a Colombian racing driver.

Lucio Stanca

Born in: Italy
Years: 1941-.. (age 83)
Occupations: economistpolitician
Biography: Lucio Stanca is an Italian politician. He was Minister for Innovation and Technologies in the second and third Berlusconi cabinet, and later CEO of the Expo 2015 SpA.

Roberto Tremelloni

Born in: Italy
Years: 1900-1987 (aged 87)
Occupations: politicianbusinesspersoneconomist
Biography: Roberto Tremelloni was an Italian economist, academic, businessman and a social democrat politician. He served in different cabinets of Italy.

Franco Tentorio

Born in: Italy
Years: 1945-.. (age 79)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Franco Tentorio is an Italian politician.

Eleonora Giorgi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1989-.. (age 35)
Occupations: racewalker
Biography: Eleonora Anna Giorgi is an Italian race walker bronze medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 20 km walk.

Primavera De Filippi

Years: 20th Century
Occupations: researcherartistjurist
Biography: Primavera De Filippi is a French legal scholar, Internet activist and artist, whose work focuses on the blockchain, peer production communities and copyright law. She is a permanent researcher at the CNRS and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She is the author of the book Blockchain and the Law published by Harvard University Press. As an activist, she is a part of Creative Commons, the Open Knowledge Foundation and the P2P Foundation, among others.

Marina Brogi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: economist
Biography: Marina Brogi is an Italian economist, Full Professor of Banking and Capital Markets at Sapienza University of Rome, author of numerous publications on corporate governance, banking and capital markets.

Claudiu Năsui

Born in: Romania
Years: 1985-.. (age 39)
Enrolled in Bocconi University: Graduated with master's degree in finance
Occupations: activistpolitician
Biography: Claudiu-Iulius-Gavril Năsui is a Romanian politician and economist.

Roberto Nicastro

Born in: Italy
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Occupations: banker
Biography: Roberto Nicastro, an Italian banker and Fintech Investor, senior advisor for Cerberus Capital, and Chairman of AideXa, a challenger bank project aiming to serve small businesses. Previously he was the Chairman of the "Good Banks" on behalf of Bank of Italy and was the Group General Manager of Unicredit; in the past, he worked with McKinsey & Co and Salomon Brothers. He is also involved in charitable activities and postgraduate education advisory.

Nandini Jammi

Enrolled in Bocconi University: 2009-2009 studied international business
Occupations: political activistactivistconsultant
Biography: Nandini Jammi is an American activist and brand safety consultant. She is a co-founder of the Check My Ads agency and associated non-profit Check My Ads Institute. Previously, she co-founded Sleeping Giants. She informs businesses about their advertisements that appear on conservative websites that she describes as bad faith publishers—websites that publish misinformation or conspiracy theories, or engage in advertising fraud—and pressures them to stop supporting those publishers.

Oriana Bandiera

Born in: Italy
Years: 1971-.. (age 53)
Occupations: economist
Biography: Oriana Bandiera, FBA is an Italian development economist and academic, who is currently the Sir Anthony Atkinson Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. Her research focuses on development, labour, and organisational economics. Outside of her academic appointment, she is co-editor of Econometrica, and an affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development. A fellow of the Econometric Society and the British Academy, she received the Yrjö Jahnsson Award in 2019, an award granted annually to the best European economist(s) under the age of 45.

Annamaria Lusardi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1962-.. (age 62)
Occupations: economist
Biography: Annamaria Lusardi is an Italian-born economist and the Denit Trust Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Economics and Accountancy at Stanford University School of Business. In 2011 she founded and continues to serve as the Academic Director of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center. Her interests focus on financial literacy and financial education.

Eduardo Missoni

Born in: Italy
Years: 1954-.. (age 70)
Occupations: physicianeducator
Biography: Eduardo Missoni is an Italian medical doctor who has been active in numerous social causes. He was appointed as the Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from April 1, 2004 through November 30, 2007.

Elio Zagato

Born in: Italy
Years: 1921-2009 (aged 88)
Occupations: racing automobile driverracing driver
Biography: Elio Zagato was an Italian automobile designer.

Alicia Garcia Herrero

Years: 1968-.. (age 56)
Occupations: economistinternational forum participantpostdoctoral researcheruniversity teacher
Biography: Alicia Garcia Herrero is a Spanish economist and academic who has been the chief economist for Asia-Pacific at French investment bank Natixis since June 2015. Beyond her work, she is an academic and has worked in Bruegel, a Think Tank based in Brussels. She is an adjunct professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Senior Fellow at Bruegel, and non-resident Research Fellow at Real Instituto Elcano. Alicia is also a Member of the Advisory Board of Berlin-based think tank on China, MERICS.

Giordano Dell'Amore

Born in: Egypt
Years: 1902-1981 (aged 79)
Occupations: bankerpoliticianeconomist
Biography: Giordano Dell'Amore was an Italian economist and banker.

Matilda Koen-Sarano

Born in: Italy
Years: 1939-.. (age 85)
Occupations: writerpoet
Biography: Matilda Koen-Sarano, is an Israeli writer. Born to Turkish Jewish parents, she is one of the most widely known writers in the Ladino language.

Roberto Mazzotta

Born in: Italy
Years: 1940-.. (age 84)
Occupations: bankerpolitician
Biography: Roberto Mazzotta is an Italian politician from the Christian Democracy (DC) and served in different posts at the DC. He was the minister of regional affairs in the period 1980–1981.

Francesca Trivellato

Born in: Italy
Years: 1970-.. (age 54)
Occupations: university teacherhistorian
Biography: Francesca Trivellato is an Italian historian, focusing on cultural, economic and social history in the early modern period. Her publications have covered Italian history, Jewish history and trade and cultural networks. She is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Naike Gruppioni

Born in: Italy
Years: 1979-.. (age 45)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Naike Gruppioni is an Italian politician, serving as a deputy since 13 October 2022.

Marco Zacchera

Born in: Italy
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Marco Zacchera is an Italian politician.

Luigi Peccenini

Born in: Italy
Years: 1939-.. (age 85)
Occupations: businesspersonentrepreneur
Biography: Luigi Tiziano "Pecce" Peccenini is a learning innovator, entrepreneur, company advisor and educator/speaker on health, happiness and success in business. He is best known for having founded Wall Street Institute in 1972 to commercialise MultiMethod, a learning methodology that he devised that is student- rather than teacher-centric.