In, in Naples, Juventus is forgiven by the civil justice
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, born on the thirty-first of August, in Bologna in Emilia-Romagna, is an Italian industrialist, president of the airline Alitalia after including led car manufacturers Ferrari and FiatHis career was mainly in the automotive, publishing and sport, for a long time within the group controlled by the Agnelli family. Born of a noble family bearing the title of marquis of Montezemolo, in the name of a castle located between Piedmont and Liguria, acquired by his family in, it is related to the resistant Giuseppe Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo and his son the cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo. Luca di Montezemolo holds a degree in law obtained in and a master's degree from Columbia university in New York. Forgetting the law, he began his career in as assistant to Enzo Ferrari and head of the Scuderia Ferrari. Under his direction, the latter found the heights: in, Niki Lauda gives Ferrari its first world title since. In, he became head of external relations of Fiat and chief executive officer of Itedi, a subsidiary of Fiat in the publishing sector, which controls, inter alia, the daily la Stampa. In, he was appointed managing director of Cinzano International, a company controlled by Ifi, the holding company of the Agnelli family. He organizes the operation Azzurra Challenge, the name of the yacht Azzurra, which allows Italy to win their first regatta during the America's cup. In, responsible of the organisation of the football world cup Italia, he suffered a few disappointments and its management strongly criticised then, in the early s, when he was vice-president of Juventus Football Club, he saw his club eliminated from all international competitions. At the end of the year, three years after the death of Enzo Ferrari, he takes over the presidency of Ferrari, of which he is also managing director.
His task is to straighten out the sales results of the brand and the sports results of the Scuderia, which no longer has won a championship since.
The first year, the Scuderia has not won any victory, but in the spring of, Luca di Montezemolo agrees with Jean Todt for the position of director of sports management. He has other responsibilities that prepare for its future: in, he took over the management of Rizzoli Video and then became vice-president of the football club of Bologna, president of the association of industrialists of Modena and the organization of the Fair of Bologna. Finally, in, he took over the presidency of the Italian Federation of publishers. In, Montezemolo became chairman and managing director of Maserati, bought by Ferrari. From, the Scuderia Ferrari won the world championship for manufacturers during the next five years, Ferrari has won five titles, constructors and five championships drivers. It is also a period of great success for the company on the financial plan. Luca di Montezemolo has made the choice of scarcity: the production of Ferrari is limited to copies per year, regardless of the level of demand. The turnover of the business is multiplied by five in ten years, and its stock market value by ten. In, he refuses the offer of Silvio Berlusconi, who offered him to enter the government.
From, year of the disappearance of Gianni Agnelli, he joined the board of directors of Fiat, including the new president is Umberto, brother of the preceding.
The twenty-seven-may, he was elected to the presidency of Confindustria, the Italian employers, a position he held until.
The death of Umberto Agnelli, he acceded to the presidency of the Fiat group in a context is rather difficult, compounded by the resignation of Giuseppe Morchio, the managing director who had led the group's recovery so far.
Nicknamed It Pluripresidente, Luca di Montezemolo has the same title of avvocato as his model, Gianni Agnelli, and, like him, he knows how to show a large balance against the power policy, choosing to be what observers italians call a"bi-partisan".
In, he was chair of Fiat, Ferrari, Maserati, Confindustria and Fieg, the Fair of Bologna, the holding company Charm and is vice-president of the club of Bologna football.
He serves on the board of directors of la Stampa, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, tod's and Merloni Elettrodomestici. In, while the team sport showcase of the Ifil, Juventus Football Club, is caught in a media storm and a policy orchestrated at the time by the Gazzetta dello Sport, the media group Mediaset and the Italian football federation, Luca di Montezemolo chose not to respond and deny the leaders a compromise of Juventus, even before a judgment is rendered.
The Ifil decides not to go to the end of the judicial process and let Juventus down to Serie B, while a recourse to the civil justice was possible at the level of Italian as european.
It just took a few months for suspected settlement of accounts internal to be mentioned: in the face of the growing power of Luciano Moggi, sporting director resigned, the Ifil would have chosen to scuttle it-even his club in order to chase away the distracting elements. Luca di Montezemolo, who has never really hidden his contempt for Juventus, has placed at the head of the club, his man of confidence, Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, known as the"Executor"ref. necessary The tenth of September, due to lack of results in Formula one and disagree on the future of Ferrari, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo leaves the presidency of Ferrari, and replaced the thirteen October by Sergio Marchionne at the head of the company. The six November, He was appointed CEO of the Alitalia group by the group CEO of Etihad, James Hogan, principal shareholder to the tune of. In, he founded the think tank Italia Futura, which is part of the coalition Agenda Monti for the Italy, created in, and that presents a candidate in the elections under the name of party, Con Monti per l'italia (With Monti for Italy"). Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has been a director of Kering since the nineteen may, after having been Member of the supervisory Board (ten-nine-December ten-nine may). It invests in several companies: Acqua di Parma (perfume), Poltrona Frau (furniture), Ballantyne (cashmere). He is also a member of the board of directors from vendors such s. These companies are often exclusive partners of Ferrari Married a first time with the stage director Sandra Monteloni (wedding cancelled), he has a son, Matteo (married Ludovica Nistri Ranelletti, where two children, Massimo and Andrea). Of his relationship with Barbara Parodi Delfino (niece of Luchino Visconti), he also had a daughter, Clementina, married to Flavio Misciatelli, where a girl, Luce. He will maintain a long relationship with the actress Edwige Fenech and re-married in, with Ludovica Andreoni, in which he had three children: Maria, Guia and Lupo. On this occasion, Gianni Agnelli makes this a unique prototype Ferrari Barchetta.
