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Vittorio Merloni is Chairman of Indesit Company and Fineldo, the family holding company that controls Indesit Company and other Group interests.
Vittorio Merloni’s entrepreneurial career began in the 1960s in the family business.
In 1975 he founded Merloni Elettrodomestici (today Indesit Company).
From 1980 to 1984 Mr. Merloni served as President of Confindustria (the Italian Employers’ Federation). During these years, he provided the leadership in the battle against inflation, successfully breaking Italy’s inflationary spiral by ending the Italian policy of indexing wages. Today he is a member of its Executive Committee and the General Council.
From July 1984 to June 1988 he was President of Centromarca (an Association for the coordination of policy among producers of leading Italian brands).
From 1981 to 1994 he served as member of the Board of Directors of the Associates of Harvard Business School.
From 2001 to 2005 he served as President of Assonime (the Association for Italy’s limited liability companies). Today he is a member of its Executive Committee and the General Council.
In 1984, he was made “Cavaliere del Lavoro” by the President of the Italian Republic.
In March, 2001, he received an honorary doctorate of Management Engineering from the Politecnico University of Milan. In June, 2002, he received the Tarantelli Award for the best economic idea for the year 2001.
In April 2003, he was made “Commander of the British Empire” for his strong commitment as an entrepreneur in the U.K. market following the acquisition of Hotpoint, the biggest white goods manufacturer in that country.
In November, 2004, he won the Leonardo Award for the global growth and development of Indesit Company and his great contribution towards boosting the prestige of Italy throughout the world.
On May 6, 2005, he received the GEI (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani)Award 2005 in recognition and appreciation of his work to promote major industrial sectors, in terms of both production and marketing, a contribution which has done much to improve Italy’s image abroad.
In October 2007, he won the Keynes-Sraffa Award in recognition of Indesit Company’s role in boosting reciprocal investments between Italy and the UK.
He currently serves on the International Board for the United States and Italy.
He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Telecom Italia, Endesa Italia and the Rosselli Foundation.
Vittorio Merloni was born in Fabriano on April 30, 1933 and holds a degree in Business and Economics. He is married to Franca Carloni and they have four children.
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