Gabriele Galateri di Genola (born 1947) is the Chairman of the Board of Telecom Italia

Telecom Italia

Telecom Italia is the largest Italian telecommunications company, also active in the media and manufacturing industries. Now a private concern listed on the Borsa Italiana, it was founded in 1994 by the merger of several state-owned telecommunications companies, the most important of which was...

. He is the former CEO of Fiat

Fiat

FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...

 and former Chairman of Mediobanca

Mediobanca

Mediobanca is an Italian investment bank founded in 1946 at the initiative of Raffaele Mattioli and Enrico Cuccia to facilitate the post-World War II reconstruction of Italian industry.Enrico Cuccia led Mediobanca from 1946 to 1982...

 

Early life and career

Di Genola was born in Rome in 1947. He earned his MBA from Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School is the business school of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students...

. Following graduation in 1971, di Genola began his career at Banco di Roma. In 1977, he joined Fiat. In 2002, he was appointed CEO of Fiat. From 2003 to 2007 he was Chairman of Mediobanca. In 2008, he became the Chairman of Telecom Italia.