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Mario Moretti Polegato

Mario Moretti Polegato was born in 1952, in Crocetta del Montello, right in the Alpine foothills, north-west of Treviso, an area renown for its small-medium entrepreneurial calling. As soon as he had obtained his degrees in Wine Technology and Law, he went to work in the family’s three-generation wine and agricultural business.
In the 90s he created the “breathable shoe” and today is Geox S.p.A.’s chairman and leading shareholder of the group.

Since 1997, Mario Moretti Polegato has been Honorary General Consul for Rumania for the North East of Italy.
He is also on the boards of directors of several, key Italian companies as well as being Member of the Executive Council of Confindustria (Association of Italian Industries).
Mr. Polegato also spends time teaching the “Intellectual Property” in major European and Italian universities. The ESCP-EAP Business School has awarded him with the honorary degree of “Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship” thanks to his dedication to lecturing. During the past months, he has taught at the University of Florence, University of Pisa, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Federico II University of Naples, Catholic University of Lisbon, MIT of Boston and University of Cambridge. He is also a member of the international non-profit organization Aspen Institute, Italia. And as of 2004, has been founder and board member of the ONLUS association “The Bridge of Smiles”, constituted by the UIL syndicate and above mentioned Confindustria, which operates in Rumania to help underprivileged, underage orphans.