Claudio Descalzi

Italian business executive

In the history of enterprise, Claudio Descalzi is one of the names that keeps returning.

The record lists Claudio Descalzi as Italian business executive.

Claudio Descalzi was born at Milan in 1955. His recorded nationality is Italy. He was educated at University of Milan.

Post-war business was mass-market and increasingly multinational, managed by professionals rather than owners.

He worked as business executive and chief executive officer.

Business reputations are unusually sensitive to the decade in which they were made.

Recognition followed: Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal (2012).

That the business was built from Italy shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.

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