President of the Longanesi publishing house and the Vidas Association. He started his career in journalism in 1973 working at the Corriere dei Ragazzi, then at the Corriere d’Informazione and at L’Europeo. In 1987 he went back to Corriere della Sera as Economics editor in chief; in 1993 he was appointed Deputy Director and in 1997 Director. He leaves the position in 2003, when becomes CEO of Rcs Libri; in January 2005 he is appointed Managing Director of Il Sole 24 Ore and Executive Director of the Sole 24-Ore group.
In 2009 he went back to Corriere della Sera as Managing Director and he will keep the position until 2015; he was also Deputy President of Fondazione Rizzoli. He is the President of the “Fondazione Memoriale della Shoah di Milano Onlus” (non-profit organization in memory of Shoah).