Ferdinando Brachetti Peretti

Count Ferdinando Maria Brachetti Peretti (born in Rome on January 13, 1960), from the wealthy Brachetti Peretti family, is chairman and CEO of an Italian energy company, API Group.[1]

Count Ferdinando Brachetti Peretti
Born (1960-01-13) 13 January 1960 (age 64)
NationalityItalian
OccupationChairman and CEO of API Group
Spouses
(m. 2000; div. 2014)
(m. 2017)
Children3
Parents
  • Count Aldo Brachetti Peretti (father)
  • Mila Peretti (mother)

Early life and education edit

Brachetti Peretti's father, Count Aldo Maria Brachetti Peretti, was for thirty years, until September 2007, head of the family Group “API” (Anonima Petroli Italiana), founded by his maternal grandfather Cav. Del Lavoro Ferdinando Peretti.[citation needed] His mother, Mila,[2] worked for more than 30 years in the Red Cross and is the only woman in Italy to carry the military grade of General. His aunt is the jewellery designer Elsa Peretti. He is brother to Ugo Brachetti Peretti, in the family company, and to Benedetta Brachetti Peretti, designer and entrepreneur and Chiara Brachetti Peretti.

After graduating from high school with a diploma in classical studies, Brachetti Peretti enrolled in the School of Business and Economics at the University of Rome (“La Sapienza”). During his studies he served his military service as an officier in the Carabinieri in 1980–1981 in Naples, achieving a Solemn Encomium for the 1980 Irpinia earthquake from the President of Republic.[citation needed]

Career edit

Brachetti Peretti began his career in 1983 in the family company, the energy group API Anonima Petroli Italiana – IP Italiana Petroli 100% owned by API Holding, of which he is, together with his brothers, 100% shareholder. His father, head of the Group for 30 years, delegated[3] full powers to Brachetti Peretti in September 2007. He is chairman and CEO of API Holding,[4] the financial safe of all the API Group companies and chairman of the two sub-holdings of the electric sector, Api Energia and Api Nova Energia. He is also chairman member of the Coordination Committee of the API Group. He moved to London for four years where he initiated the petroleum trading office. He then transferred to Paris for two years, to study administration and finance after an internship at the Paribas Bank; he returned to the headquarters in Rome in the 1990s, taking growing responsibilities in other sectors of the Group.[5][6][7] In November 2017 Brachetti Peretti, as chairman and CEO of API Holding, oversaw the company's acquisition of Total/Erg which was reported to be valued at around €650m.[8][9][10]

Personal life edit

In March 2017 Brachetti Peretti married in Rome German-born entrepreneur and investor Nicole Junkermann.[11] They have a daughter, Vita, born in December 2017.[12]

Brachetti Peretti was formerly married to Princess Mafalda Margarethe von Hessen, daughter of Prince Moritz of Hesse and Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. They have two sons, Cosmo (born 2002) and Briano (born 2004). Von Hessen and Brachetti Peretti were divorced in 2014.[1]

Brachetti Peretti creates digital works and photographs of various subjects. His photographs were exhibited at Padiglione Italia in the "Biennale di Venezia 2011".[13][14][15]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Reginato, James (August 2014). "How Elsa Peretti Survived Studio 54–era New York". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Mila Peretti".
  3. ^ "Brachetti Peretti lascia la guida ai figli dal "Corriere della Sera" del 21.09.2007".
  4. ^ "CEO Api Holding". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
  5. ^ "Utili e debiti in calo per l'Api dei Brachetti Peretti". MilanoFinanza.it (in Italian). 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  6. ^ "Un buon lavoro quello di Ferdinando Brachetti Peretti nella sua Api Holding - PRIMO PIANO". ItaliaOggi (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  7. ^ "Ferdinando Brachetti Peretti - "Specchio Economico"".
  8. ^ "Api acquista il 100 per cento della rete di distributori Total Erg: è primo operatore". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  9. ^ "Api acquisisce il 100% di Total Erg". Adnkronos (in Italian). 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  10. ^ "Il Gruppo api cresce nel settore petrolifero: acquisito il 100% di TotalErg - Agir". Agir - Agenzia Giornalistica Repubblica (in Italian). 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  11. ^ "Count F.M. Brachetti-Peretti and Miss N. Junkermann - Marriages Announcements". Telegraph Announcements. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  12. ^ "Il Foglio - VirtualNEWSPAPER - 20/12/2017". edicola.ilfoglio.it. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  13. ^ "Le strane coppie della Biennale da «Corriere della Sera» del 06.05.2011".
  14. ^ "Il cuore tenebroso (e feroce) di un' Africa rosso sangue da «Corriere della Sera» del 12.06.2011".
  15. ^ "Un pozzo di creatività – da Panorama del 20/07/2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-07-18.

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