Giovanni Ferrero
Giovanni Ferrero (Turin, September 21, 1964) is an Italian entrepreneur who has been CEO of Ferrero since 2011, following the death of his brother Pietro. As of July 23, 2023, his wealth was estimated by Forbes magazine at approximately $40.4 billion, making him the richest man in Italy.
Biography
Second son of Maria Franca Fissolo (1939) and industrialist Michele Ferrero (1925–2015), in 1975 he moved with his family to Brussels, where he studied at the European School[1]. He later studied marketing in the United States and returned to Europe to work in the family business. In 1997, he became CEO of the holding company alongside his brother Pietro.
In April 2011, after Pietro’s death in South Africa at the age of 47,[2] Giovanni became the sole CEO of the company, which his father Michele remained chairman of until his death in 2015 at the age of 89.[3]
He is also a well-known writer and has published with Mondadori.
Private life
He has been married to Paola Rossi since 2005.
Publications
- Marketing progetto 2000. La gestione della complessità (Marketing Project 2000. Managing Complexity), 1990.
- Stelle di tenebra, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1999.
- Campo Paradiso, Rizzoli, 2007.
- Il canto delle farfalle, Rizzoli, 2010.
- Il cacciatore di luce, Rizzoli, 2016.
- Blu di Prussia e rosso di porpora, Salani, 2021.
References
- ↑ Riservato Come in un romanzo
- ↑ Accident in South Africa, Pietro Ferrero dies: he was the head of the Nutella giant, on tgcom24.mediaset.it. URL consulted on 24 January 2018 (archived from the original URL on 21 June 2019)
- ↑ Pietro Ferrero dies in South Africa, CEO of Nutella group, Corriere della Sera, April 18, 2011
