Roberto Colaninno, protagonist of the Italian economy from Olivetti to Piaggio, has died: he was 80 years old

Roberto Colaninno has died . The historic owner of Piaggio and top Italian manager had just turned 80 .

He started out in 1969 at Fiaam , a company in Mantua that produced car components. Then the race towards an extraordinary career that made him one of the protagonists of the Italian economy of the last 50 years .

After his first entrepreneurial experiences he actually landed as Olivetti , Telecom , Piaggio . He has been president of the latter since 2003. The company, under his leadership, has been relaunched to the highest levels over the past 20 years.

(Unioneonline/vf)