Enrico Cuccia

Enrico Cuccia (* November 24, 1907 in Rome, † June 23, 2000 in Milan ) was an Italian banker.

Life

Cuccia was born into a family of Sicilian origin. After studying law, he worked first in the state holding company IRI, then at the Banca d' Italia. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II worked in a Cuccia led by Ugo La Malfa study site of the Italian Banca Commerciale Italiana major bank. He was anti-fascist and took part in the Resistance. During the war he established contacts with American diplomats who helped him after 1943 to critical business advantages.

Enrico Cuccia in 1946 was involved in the founding of the first Italian investment bank Mediobanca, in which he was first Director General. In the decades after he took more or less to all major business of the Italian industry influence. A banker Michele Sindona cited by the Sicilian attempt to break into the realm of the Mediobanca, he pushed in the 70s before a stop. In the 80 years Cuccia had to give up his post as CEO for reasons of age, but he still had to continue a significant impact on Mediobanca, the financial market in Milan and also to the Italian politics. In the 90s, his insistence brought him to an old-fashioned, slightly transparent business practices in a sharp contrast to the younger, the Anglo -Saxon model working Italian entrepreneurship. His sustained, z.T. controlling resistance to the rapid changes in the Italian economy prevented last still some fractures and dislocations.

Enrico Cuccia was considered a great art lover. He died at the age of 92 years in Milan.

• Resistenzakämpfer
• Banker
• Carrier of Merit of the Italian Republic ( Grand Cross )
• Italian
• Born 1907
• Died in 2000
• Man