Luca Gualco (born May 11, 1981 in Genova) is a former professional athlete and entrepreneur. He played Water Polo for the Italian youth and main national team and for the club team Pro Recco as a center defender from 1995 to 2003. He won the LEN Champions League with Pro Recco both as a player and a member of the board, in 2003 and 2010, respectively. His style of playing is said to be very similar to that of Franco Lavoratori, his coach and mentor.
Life and career edit
In 2005, he started Ferrari Financial Services that was later acquired by Fiat Chrysler. The company reached half a billion revenues in 2010.[1]
In 2012, he graduated from Stanford with an MBA. Later that year he joined Uber and led the effort to launch International Markets.[2]
In 2016, Luca co-founded The Because Market, a direct-to-consumer company selling personal hygiene products aimed at older adults.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ "A Top Ferrari Executive Joins the Kickerpicker.com Team". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Howzit Jozi? Secret AFRICAN Ubers have arrived!". uber.com. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "This adult diaper company wants to sell CBD to your parents". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "How Two Uber/eBay Alums Sold 50 Million Adult Diapers And Raised $30M From Eric Schmidt, Et Al". forbes.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
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