Andrea Tessitore

Andrea Tessitore
Born (1973-05-25) May 25, 1973 [1]
Turin, Italy
Spouse(s) Celine Sarda De Castilla[2]

Andrea Tessitore (born May 25, 1973) is an Italian lawyer and entrepreneur, co-founder of Italia Independent Group with Lapo Elkann and Giovanni Accongiagioco. He has been CEO of Italia Independent Group until November 2016.[1][3] Since April 2017 he is senior advisor of Elite - Borsa Italiana[4]. He is responsible for the project Elite - Confindustria which aims to accelerate the growth of the Elite international platform.[5][6]

Life and career

Andrea Tessitore pursued his law degree from the University of Turin, Department of Law. In the year 2000 he graduated an LLM from the University of Virginia School of Law.[7] In 2001 he qualified as a lawyer in the state of New York, joining the New York State Bar Association.[8] In 2007 he founded with Giovanni Accongiagioco and Lapo Elkann, Italia Independent, a lifestyle design company which core business is eyewear and sunglasses. He is married to Celine Sarda De Castilla with whom he had three children: Achille, Allegra and Olimpia.

Awards and honors

Together with the founding partners of Italia Independent Group, he won the 2014 EY Award Entrepreneur of the Year in the “Emerging” category.[9] In March 2016, he was nominated as a member of the Executive Board of the Comitato Leonardo.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Team of Italia Independent Group". italiaindependentgroup.com. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Tessitore married Celine Sarda de Castilla". adnkronos.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Italia Independent, dopo aumento, cambia l'AD - Pambianco News". Pambianco News (in Italian). 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  4. ↑ "Home Page - Borsa Italiana". www.borsaitaliana.it. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  5. ↑ "Andrea Tessitore, da Lapo Elkann a Borsa Italiana" (in Italian). 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  6. ↑ "Il roadshow Elite-Confindustria a Varese per selezionare le migliori aziende della provincia - VareseNews". VareseNews (in Italian). 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  7. ↑ "Tessitore profile". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  8. ↑ "Key People of Italia Independent". wsj.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  9. ↑ "EY Award 2014". italiaindependent.it. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  10. ↑ "Notizie Radiocor - Economia - Borsa Italiana". www.borsaitaliana.it. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
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