Gildo Pallanca Pastor

Gildo Pallanca Pastor (born 1 April 1967)[1] is a Monégasque businessman, CEO and owner of Venturi Automobiles.

Gildo Pallanca Pastor
Born (1967-04-01) 1 April 1967
NationalityMonegasque
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationCEO and owner, Venturi Automobiles
Parent(s)Hélène Pastor and Claude Pallanca
RelativesMichel Pastor (uncle)
Victor Pastor (uncle)
Philippe Pastor (cousin)

Early life

Gildo Pallanca Pastor was born in Monaco, the son of Claude Pallanca and the heiress and businesswoman Hélène Pastor. He has a sister, Sylvia Pastor.

He studied law in France, economic sciences in Italy and real estate construction at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge in the United States.[1]

Career

Gildo Pallanca Pastor purchased Venturi Automobiles in 2001.[1] He also manages the Pastor family's commercial real estate business, a radio station, and about 15 start-up ventures.[2] Since 2015 he has been Monaco's Consul General to the United States.[3]

His mother, "the senior surviving member of what is, in effect, Monaco’s second dynasty after the ruling Grimaldis", was murdered in May 2014. Her son-in-law was convicted of the murder in 2018.[4] As she had a net worth of $3.7 billion and two children, he became a billionaire.[5]

Honours

In 2009, Prince Albert II of Monaco made him a Knight of the Order of Saint-Charles.[1]

Personal life

Pastor is married with children and lives in Monaco.[1]

References
  1. "Gildo Pallanca Pastor". Venturi. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. Moore, Bill. "Venturi: Tiny Company, Tiny Country, Giant Aspirations". EV World. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. "The Consul General: Gildo Pallanca Pastor". New York, NY: Consulat Général de Monaco. Archived from the original on 2019-03-10.
  4. Correspondent, Lara Marlowe Paris. "Monaco billionaire's son-in-law convicted over her murder". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  5. "Hélène Pastor- obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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