Carlo De Benedetti

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Carlo De Benedetti
Carlo De Benedetti at the Festival dell'Economia di Trento, 31 May 2012
Born	(1934-11-14) 14 November 1934 (age 89) Turin, Italy
Occupation(s)	Industrialist. Ex-CEO of FIAT, Olivetti, CIR Group. Ex-deputy chairman of Banco Ambrosiano and ex president of Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso.
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Carlo De Benedetti (born 14 November 1934)^[1] is an Italian industrialist, engineer, and publisher. He is both an Italian and naturalized Swiss citizen.^[2][3] He was awarded the Order of Merit for Labour by the Italian state in 1983,^[4] the Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte (gold medal of culture and art)^[5] and the Legion d'Honneur in 1987.^[6]

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.^[7][8] In 2020, De Benedetti spent 10 million euros setting up Domani, a new liberal newspaper headquartered in Rome.^[9] He is married to the former actress Silvia Monti.