BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Born in 1956, with a degree in Economics at the Luigi Bocconi University of Milan, Carlo Rivetti is Chairman of Sportswear Company S.p.A., the licensee company of the Stone Island brand. His family is one of the entrepreneurial dynasties that have made the Italian textile manufacturing industry great. The Rivettis, in fact, have played a fundamental role since the second half of the 19th century in the Biella wool district. Almost a century later, Silvio, Carlo’s father, together with his brothers, introduced in Italy, after a trip to the United States, clothing made on the basis of theoretical measurements. A true revolution that led to incredible success and the unstoppable growth of the family business, the Gruppo Finanziario Tessile (GFT). At the end of the 70’s, an intuition of Marco Rivetti, Carlo’s cousin, launched the GFT in the international prêt-à-porter: it is indeed the first company to make and distribute the collections of brands such as Giorgio Armani, Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino, making a fundamental contribution to their worldwide success and the creation of Made in Italy. At the beginning of the 80’s, GFT decided to expand into the world of casual fashion and in 1983 bought a stake equal to 50% of the share capital, and after a few years the entire share capital, of C.P. Company. In this way the Sportswear Division of the group was born, led by Carlo Rivetti, who became its Executive Director. From this branch of activity come important and successful projects, from the consolidation of the C.P. Company brand, to Boneville, Taverniti and Stone Island, founded in 1982, destined to become a real lifestyle phenomenon. A few years later, in 1993, Carlo Rivetti, together with his sister Cristina, left GFT and took over the activities based in Ravarino. He renamed the company Sportswear Company S.p.A. In 2010, Rivetti decided to concentrate all the resources and the immense company know-how on Stone Island and sold C.P. Company’s brand. Carlo Rivetti has been Professor of Marketing for Industrial Design and Men’s Fashion Project at Politecnico di Milano and Chairman of the Tremelloni Library of Textile and Fashion. He has held various institutional positions: he has been a member of the board of directors of Pitti Immagine, a member of the board of directors and advisor in charge of promotion and industrialization for Smi-Ati, the Federation of Italian Textile and Fashion Enterprises, and a member of the board of directors as coordinator of foreign trade activities for Altagamma. He was a founding member of the ADI Foundation, Association for Industrial Design, and a member of the scientific committee of IED ModaLab. He is a non-Executive member of the Board of Directors of Moncler S.p.A.