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I'm a freestyle creative entrepreneur. Not a businessman. I like to create ventures in which creativity stands at the centre.

~Lapo Elkann

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Real luxury is customization.

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Tiles, the best furniture, fabrics, bath fixtures, bronze - just leaf through any design magazine and you immediately understand they're all 'Made in Italy.' We have the premier opera house in the world, La Scala, and behind the Nobel given to CERN is the research of many Italians.

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Italy's assets are her style, her beauty, her creativity, her passion, her energy, her technology; and these will be core brand values of all our cars. Fiat as a company has a long way to go and a steep road ahead.

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My company Independent Ideas worked with Gucci on a special edition Fiat 500.

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I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.

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I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't a good student. Instead, I've been taught by some of the most inspiring people in the world.

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You can learn from everyone, the president or the cleaner. You need teachers in life, but they're not always school teachers or professors. You learn from ordinary people. You learn from travel, from just walking down the street.

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I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit made, I go to the Sicilian tailor Alessandro Martorana in Turin. I like shorter jacket sleeves and often fold the cuffs up. It's more modern that way.

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My office in Milan is in an old factory. I have all my companies here, including Italia Independent and Independent Ideas.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Businessman

Born: October 7th, 1977

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