Before becoming founder and President at Club degli Investitori, you were a founder/CEO, walk us through your story? After graduating in engineering, in 1980 I founded Euphon, which become the leading independent operator in the multimedia industry in Italy, with a preeminent position in Europe. In the year 2000, Euphon was listed on the Italian stock exchange and I decided exited Euphon in 2004 to a private equity investor. Then, I have been President of Sviluppo Italia Piemonte, a regional government agency and then appointed President of Piemontech, the first regional government seed-capit ..read more

Giovanni Manella is a highly experienced professional in the financial sector, with a background in business management and the management of Multi Family Offices and Family Offices. He has worked with leading Italian and Swiss banks, held top management positions and served as a trainer for various financial institutions. He has a track record of successfully launching and managing Family Offices and Multi Family Offices for private investors in various international locations. He also served as Global Coordinator of the $900M spin-off from HSBC to GNB Sudameris. He currently serves as Extern ..read more

Brian, when did you start Opportunity Network?  I started Opportunity Network in 2014 while studying an MBA at Columbia Business School. Were the first steps difficult? Can you tell us how you built ON step by step?  Opportunity Network started as a simple newsletter that I circulated on a monthly basis to members of the Family Business Club at Columbia Business School while studying for my MBA. I decided to create the newsletter to help my father expand our family business in Milan. He had always refused to create a sales or marketing team and was relying on his personal network for ..read more