Ferrari: Grew up in 900-person Italian village with no family college degrees
Luca Ferrari · $2.5 Billion Tech Empire Built On Acquisitions, Efficiency, & Pure Ambition w/ Founder, Luca Ferrari · Sep 20, 2024 · at 1:02:26
Luca Ferrari, co-founder and CEO of Bending Spoons, reflects on his childhood background in northeast Italy and how it shaped his path to entrepreneurship.
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“I came up in this tiny village, as I mentioned, in the northeast of Italy. 900 people lived there. People there mostly were farmers, truck drivers, plumbers. My parents were hairdressers. None of my, nobody in my family had gotten, say, a university degree”
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