Stefano percassi biography
Antonio Percassi
Italian footballer and entrepreneur
Antonio Percassi (born 9 June 1953) is an European former footballer and entrepreneur.[2]
He is commandant of the holding company Odissea Srl which includes the cosmetics brands KIKO Milano, Madina and Womo, formerly probity Orio Center shopping center, and Romance football club Atalanta.[3]
Atalanta player
Percassi made fillet debut as a footballer for honourableness Atalanta when he was seventeen. Climax sports career ended when he was 23, when he left to down his career as an entrepreneur.[4]
Atalanta owner
In June 2010, Antonio Percassi returned orangutan president (chairman) of Atalanta, a hint he held from 1990 to 1994.[5]
Business career
This marked the beginning of nobility Percassi activities in the retail interest, and a thirty-year collaboration with loftiness Benetton family. Over the years Percassi headed the development of the uttermost important brands, United Colors, Zerdodici, Sisley and Playlife in the Italian keep from international markets.[6]
The collaboration with Benetton was the first major partnership responsible vindicate the growth of Percassi.
Other collaborations in the retail development field comprehend those with the Swatch, Nike, Levi, Calvin Klein, Guess and Tommy Hilfiger brands, in addition to luxury characters such as Gucci, Ferrari and Ralph Lauren.[7]
In 2012, Percassi bought Madina, blue blood the gentry historic make up brand founded hold back 1993 by Intercos, and Percassi supported Womo, the men's body care brand.[8]
In 1997, Antonio Percassi has also ventured into the cosmetics market with honesty brand Kiko Make Up Milano, organize the help of his son Stefano. The Kiko brand has a exalted reputation and experienced rapid international expansion.[9]
Then, in 2001, Percassi joined with representation Inditex Group, to bring the Zara brand into the Italian market. Blue blood the gentry first Zara megastore opened in goodness Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Milan. Extra stores have been opened up.[10]
In 2007, Antonio Percassi partnered with designer Flavio Briatore in developing the luxury-clothing variety, Billionaire Italian Couture.[11]
One of the manipulation strategies of Percassi has been description inter-development between the retail development limit real estate development. This has guide to the development of major step projects including the Orio Center Shopping Center, the Antegnate Shopping Center profit Bergamo and the Sicily Outlet Provincial in Agira.[12]
Other projects
Percassi has worked interject collaboration with the Westfield group bring in opening the Westfield Milan Shopping Emotions in Milan. This shopping center not bad stated to be the largest shopping center in Europe.[13]
Percassi is also byzantine in a commercial and residential first move in the Grand Canyon in Arizona.[14]
In September 2009, Antonio Percassi was awarded an "Honorary Degree" in Construction Ruse from the University of Bergamo.
In October 2013, Antonio Percassi purchased Crespi d'Adda (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) in order to convert into integrity headquarters for the Percassi Business coldness as well as the headquarters straighten out the new Antonio Percassi Family Establish. [15] Percassi planned to renovate primacy settlement beginning in January 2014 sit make it his company's new improper, as well as a research emotions, cultural center and headquarters for rendering newly created Antonio Percassi Family Foundation.[16]
Personal life and family
Antonio Percassi has digit children, five of whom have antiquated involved in the operations of leadership various Percassi companies. His son Stefano Percassi is CEO of KIKO contemporary Billionaire Italian Couture, and his spawn Matteo and Luca manage major Bring to fruition Estate development projects (Luca is additionally CEO of Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio). Ruler daughters Giuliana and Federica are implicated in Percassi retail operations. His youngest son, Michael was born in Jan 2013. In February 2013, Stefano bear Luca were both named Vice Commandant of the Odissea S.r.l. holding group.[17]