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Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has worn many hats in the Italian automotive industry. While managing Scuderia Ferrari, he became the golden boy of Ferrari racing with two Formula 1 World Championship wins. He spent his later years as master and commander for Fiat, Maserati, and Ferrari.

Montezemolo was born in Bologna, Italy, to Massimo Cordero Dei Marchesi di Montezemolo, a Piedmontese aristocrat whose family had served the Royal House of Savoy for generations.

A strong student, Montezemolo graduated with a law degree from the University of Rome. He continued his studies in International Law at Columbia University in New York. He joined Ferrari, part of the conglomerate Fiat S.p.A., in 1973 to work closely with its visionary founder, Enzo Ferrari. Montezemolo would soon become manager of Scuderia Ferrari, the company’s racing team. There was no job more important within the company.

To Signore Ferrari, winning was the purpose of his company. Building road cars was necessary to fund the racing effort.

By 1975, with Montezemolo running the team, Ferrari w

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Luca di Montezemolo was Chairman of both Ferrari and FIAT and is one of Europe’s best known business leaders.

Di Montezemolo’s career began at the wheel of a Giannini Fiat 500 which he raced together with his friend Cristiano Rattazzi. Later, di Montezemolo drove for the Lancia rally team known as HF Squadra Corse. He joined the auto manufacturing conglomerate FIAT and in 1973 was moved to Ferrari, where he became Enzo Ferrari’s assistant and, in 1974, manager of the Scuderia. During his involvement with the team, Ferrari won the Formula One World Championship with Niki Lauda in 1975 and 1977. In 1976 di Montezemolo was promoted to become head of all FIAT racing activitie.

Throughout the 1980s, di Montezemolo occupied a number of positions in the FIAT empire, including managing director of the drinks company Cinzano and director of the publishing company Itedi. In 1982, he managed the America’s Cup challenge of Team Azzurra, the first Italian yacht club to enter the event. In 1985, he became Director of the Organising Committee for 1990 World Cup Italia.

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Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Italian businessman (born 1947)

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (Italian pronunciation:[ˈluːkakorˈdɛːrodiˌmontedˈdzɛːmolo;-dˈdzeːm-]; born 31 August 1947) is an Italian businessman who is best known as former chairman of Ferrari, and formerly Chairman of Fiat S.p.A. and President of Confindustria and FIEG.

Montezemolo comes from an aristocratic family from the region of Piedmont in Italy. He is one of the founders and former president of NTV, an Italian company which is Europe's first private open access operator of 300 km/h (186 mph) high-speed trains.^[1]

In 2009, Montezemolo founded Future Italy, a free marketthink tank that joined Civic Choice in the 2013 Italian parliamentary election.^[2]

Ancestry and family background

Born in Bologna, Italy, he is the youngest son of Massimo Cordero dei Marchesi di Montezemolo (1920–2009), a Piedmontese aristocrat whose family served the Royal House of Savoy for generations, and Clotilde Neri (1922–2017), niece of famed Italian surgeon Vincenzo Neri. His uncle, A