Aldo Maria Brachetti Peretti
Aldo Maria Brachetti Peretti (Fermo, 18 September 1932) is an Italian business manager and entrepreneur.
Biography
Born in Fermo on 18 September 1932, from an old Marche family, son of Count Ugo Giuseppe Galliano Brachetti and Augusta Piccinini, he inherited his father's title in 1983 upon the latter's death. [1]. After graduating in economics and commerce[2][3], he began working in 1957 at API, in addition to teaching at the universities of Rome and Parma in the faculties of Economics and Commerce, Public Finance, Economic History, and Banking Techniques[4].
He added the surname Peretti following his marriage in 1957 to Mila Peretti, daughter of API owner Ferdinando Peretti, by Decree of the President of the Republic dated 4 March 1967[1].
In 1965 he joined the board of directors and in 1974 was appointed Executive Vice President and CEO of API[2].
In 1977 he became President and CEO of api anonima petroli italiana S.p.A. He was awarded the title of Knight of Labour on 2 June 1978.[2][3]
He is President of API Holding S.p.A. and a member of the Board and Governing Council of the Unione Petrolifera.
On 6 October 2009, the University of Parma awarded him an honorary specialist degree in Engineering.[5]
He is a producer of Bordeaux-style wines at his winery "Il Pollenza".[6][7]
The Brachetti family obtained the title of Count on 24 May 1946[1].
Among his children are Ugo Brachetti Peretti, company executive and ambassador of the Order of Malta, and Ferdinando Brachetti Peretti (b.1960), executive and former husband of Princess Mafalda of Hesse, daughter of Maurizio d'Assia and granddaughter of Mafalda of Savoy (daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele III), and a descendant of Queen Victoria.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Andrea Borella (ed.), Annuario della nobiltà italiana, S.A.G.I., Teglio, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cavaliere – Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana – quirinale.it
- ↑ Gruppo API
- ↑ Università degli Studi di Parma – Web Archive
- ↑ Informa Cibo – Web Archive
- ↑ Il Pollenza – Conte Brachetti Peretti
