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Carlo De Benedetti (Turin, 14 November 1934– )〔 ''"Sfide perse e vinte: Repubblica-Mondadori"'', ''Gazzetta di Mantova'', 10 March 1998, webpage: ( -->gazzettadimantova/1998/03/10/NH202.html GL2 ). 〕 is an Italian industrialist, engineer and publisher. He is both an Italian and naturalized Swiss citizen.〔 〕〔 〕 He was awarded the Order of Merit for Labour by the Italian state in 1983,〔http://www.cavalieridellavoro.it/cavaliere.php?numero_brevetto=1985〕 the ''Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte'' (Gold medal of culture and art)〔http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/onorificenze/decorato.asp?id=6&ono=2〕 and the Legion d'Honneur in 1987. De Benedetti is chairman of the Rodolfo De Benedetti Foundation (Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti) in Milan, which he founded in 1998 in memory of his father. It promotes research into economic policy decisions regarding the labor market and welfare systems in Europe.〔("Profile: Carlo De Benedetti" ), Festival of Economics of Trento, 2012〕〔(Fondazione Rodolfo DEBENEDETTI )〕 He is currently married to the former actress Silvia Monti. ==Life and career== Born into a wealthy Jewish family, on 14 November 1934, Carlo De Benedetti is the brother of Italian Senator Franco Debenedetti, whose surname is different owing to a spelling error. In 1943, during the World War II, the De Benedetti family fled to Switzerland.〔 After Carlo returned to Italy, he received a degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin〔 and in 1959 began to work in his father's manufacturing business, the ''Compagnia Italiana Tubi Metallici Flessibili''. He helped improve company profits consistently and in 1972 acquired the ''Gilardini'' company, of which he became president and CEO until 1976.〔 Carlo De Benedetti left Italy to return to Switzerland in 1975, owing to possible terrorist threats during the Anni di Piombo period of Italian domestic terrorism.〔〔 For a brief period, from 4 May to 25 August 1976, he was appointed CEO of FIAT.〔http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/economia/200901articoli/40415girata.asp〕 His resignation from Fiat was caused, according to De Benedetti, by his decision to lay off 65,000 workers, which was refused by Fiat head Gianni Agnelli;〔 other sources say that he was suspected of trying to build up a takeover of power within the company, with the backing Swiss financial groups.〔http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/de_benedetti_finanziere_moralista_che_piace_sinistra/19-08-2009/articolo-id=374927-page=0-comments=1〕 In November 1976, De Benedetti acquired the CIR Group,〔 thereby also obtaining control of the national newspaper ''La Repubblica'' and the newsmagazine ''L'Espresso''. In 1978 he became CEO of the Italian manufacturer Olivetti,〔 where he remained until his resignation in 1996.〔 As president of Olivetti, since 1983,〔 he quickly and ruthlessly reorganized the company, switching its focus from mechanical typewriters to computers. In the 1980s, along with other leading business figures, he founded the European Round Table of Industrialists, of which he was vicepresident until 2004. In 1985 he became a member of the European Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange.〔 In 1995 De Benedetti founded the telecommunications companies Omnitel and Infostrada.〔 In 1997 he created the Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (''L'Espresso Editorial Group''),〔http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1997/03/26/fusione-espresso-repubblica-avremo-piu.html〕 by merging the ''L'Espresso'' and ''La Repubblica'' editorial groups. Carlo Caracciolo was appointed president of the group. However, Carlo De Benedetti assumed the presidency in 2006, after the death of Caracciolo.〔http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=89522〕 On 26 January 2009, at a press conference, De Benedetti announced his decision to retire from all his executive positions in the CIR group, keeping only - at the request of the Board of Directors - the position of Chairman of the Espresso Group. All the executive positions in the CIR group were given to the current Chief Executive, Rodolfo De Benedetti.〔http://rassegnastampa.mef.gov.it/mefinternazionale/PDF/2009/2009-01-27/2009012711676597.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carlo De Benedetti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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