Gerardo Braggiotti

Gerardo Braggiotti (born c. 1953) is an Italian banker. A former Deputy Chairman of Lazard, he serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Gruppo Banca Leonardo.

Gerardo Braggiotti
Bornc. 1953
NationalityItalian
Alma materSciences Po
University of Milan
OccupationBanker
Children2 daughters

Early life

Gerardo Braggiotti was born circa 1953.[1] He graduated from Sciences Po in Paris, France.[1] He received a PhD in Law from the University of Milan.[1] He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.[1]

Career

Braggiotti began his career at General Electric, an American energy corporation, in Milan, Italy.[1] He then worked for Arthur Andersen, an American accounting firm, in London for four years.[1] Later, he worked at Mediobanca, an Italian investment bank, for fifteen years.[1] He joined Lazard in 1998,[1] and served as its Deputy Chairman until 2005.[2][3]

Since 2006,[1] he has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Gruppo Banca Leonardo.[4] In 2015, he sold Banca Leonardo to the US investment firm Houlihan Lokey,[5] who in turn sold it to Crédit Agricole in 2017.[6][7] In 2017, he launched the equity fund Sprint Italy.[8]

In February 2019, he became Goldman Sachs' country advisor for Italy.[9]

Personal life

He is married, and has two daughters.[1]

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References
  1. Gerardo Braggioti, Bloomberg Business
  2. Heather Timmons, Top Executive at Lazard Said to Resign in Job Dispute, The New York Times, June 3, 2005
  3. David Litterick, Senior banker quits revamped Lazard, The Daily Telegraph, June 16, 2005
  4. Chris Hughes, Scheherazade Daneshkhu, Braggiotti must show brand is bigger than he is, Financial Times, May 25, 2008
  5. "Italian-U.S. Sale: Italian Investment Bank Leonardo Goes American". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  6. magazine, Le Point (2017-11-07). "Crédit agricole met la main sur Banca Leonardo". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  7. "Blog | Banca Leonardo passa al Credit Agricole: ecco perché il colosso francese si è preso la banca di Braggiotti". The Insider (in Italian). 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  8. bebeez, Pubblicato da (2017-05-30). "Braggiotti lancia la Spac Sprint Italy insieme a Fineurop". BeBeez.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  9. "Gerardo Braggiotti diventa advisor di Goldman Sachs". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-10.


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