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Andrea Tessitore
Born (1973-05-25) May 25, 1973 (age 51) [1]
OccupationCEO of Italia Independent Group
SpouseCeline 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 is currently CEO of Italia Independent Group.[1]

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.[3] In 2001 he qualified as a lawyer in the state of New York, joining the New York State Bar Association.[4] In 2007 he founded with Giacomo 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.

Prizes and awards

Together with the founding partners of Italia Independent Group he won the EY Award Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 in the “Emerging” category, November 2014.[5]

In March 2016, he was nominated as a member of the Executive Board of the Comitato Leonardo.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Tessitore profile". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  4. ^ "Key People of Italia Independent". wsj.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  5. ^ "EY Award 2014". italiaindependent.it. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  6. ^ "Notizie Radiocor - Economia - Borsa Italiana". www.borsaitaliana.it. Retrieved 2016-03-23.

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