Sandro Salsano
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Sandro Salsano at Davos
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September 25, 1979 Lecco, Italy |
| Residence | Panama City, Panama |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse(s) | Johanna |
| Parent(s) | Mario Salsano Anna Salsano |
Sandro Salsano (born September 25, 1979 in Lecco, Italy) is an Italian entrepreneur, businessman, investor and philanthropist. He is the President and Chairman of Salsano Group and Chairman of Salsano Family Office. The group has investments in global real estate, luxury, private equity, venture capital, financials and technology. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Salsano Shahani Foundation. He sits on the Board of a number of companies. He was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
Born in Lecco, Italy, he grew up in Southern Italy (Campania) where he was a professional basketball player until he decided to move to Milan to study at Bocconi University. His mother was a teacher and his father was employed with the State Railways.
Salsano graduated from Bocconi University in Milan with full honors with an MBA program from the University of San Diego, California, he also studied at Harvard Business School and at INCAE Business School.
His first job was at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in London. He later became a shareholder and partner in an investment bank in former Soviet Union, he sold his shares after Goldman Sachs acquired a stake. He co-founded what became one of the largest factoring companies for exporters to Central America and the Caribbean (Cuba included). He was a principal in a UK FCA regulated hedge fund and he started investing in distressed real estate from a very early age.
Salsano Group of Companies is a venture capital and private equity conglomerate that comprises over 100 companies with equity stakes in sectors like transmedia, social media, smartphone breathalyzer, family locator, data platform, e-commerce, social betting, microRNA detection, luxury mobiles, global consumer, blockchain, parenting tool, music, financials, global sustainable real estate (ecoprojects, hospitality, industrial, residential, commercial, retail, parking, land). The group has its headquarter in Panama with presence in Miami, New York, San Francisco, San Juan, London, Zurich and Shanghai. The Group owns over 1,000 ha of land in Panama. Advisory board members include Mr. Dylan Taylor (executive), Global President of Colliers International, Mrs. Olivia Leland, founding executive director of Giving Pledge and former director of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Yan Yanovskiy, founder of First Nation Société Bancaire, Ms. Candice Beaumont, Chief Investment Officer at L Investments, Dr. Andres Simon Gonzalez-Silen, founder of Grupo Venemergencia. Sandro Salsano net worth is estimated between $250 millionand $1.05 billion
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