MARCO TRONCHETTI PROVERA
Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. and Chairman of Marco Tronchetti Provera & C. S.p.A.
Tronchetti, who joined Pirelli & C. S.p.A. in 1986, has been CEO of Pirelli since 1992 and Executive Vice Chairman of Pirelli since October 2015. He serves as the Chairman of Marco Tronchetti Provera & C. S.p.A., a holding which controls Camfin S.p.A. which in turn holds just over 10% of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A., Chairman of Prelios S.p.A., Chairman of Telecom Italia and Chairman of the “Il Sole 24 Ore”. At present, he also serves as Director of RCS MediaGroup S.p.A., Honorary co-Chairman for the Italian Branch of the Council for the United States and Italy, Member of the Italian Group of the Trilateral Commission, co-Chairman of the Italy - Russia Entrepreneurial Committee for Economic Cooperation, Member of the General Council and the Advisory Board of Assolombarda and of the General Council of Confindustria and Board Member of Bocconi University. He received a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Bocconi University of Milan.
Founded in 1872, Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is the only company in the tyre field that specializes in the consumer market (automobile, motorcycle and bicycle tyres) and it is the global market leader in high value automotive tires and high-end motorcycle tyres for racing. Pirelli has 19 factories in 12 countries around the world. Currently, Pirelli is involved in more than 350 two- and four-wheel competitions worldwide. Since 2011, it has been the global tire partner of the F1 World Championship and the exclusive tyre supplier for the 2021-2024 World Rally Championship (WRC). It also participates in motor sports including the GT World Challenge, Ferrari Challenge, Lamborghini Super Cup and the China Auto Rally Championship. It mainly provides original equipment tyre for Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bentley, Benz, BMW, Audi, Jaguar Land Rover, NIO and so on. In 2005, Pirelli and Huaqin Rubber Industry Group set up a joint venture named Pirelli Tire Co., Ltd.