Giulio Sala, the Financial Director of Sixty Group Spa which owns the well-known brand of sportswear and technical sailwear, thinks big. He has adopted a certain Murphy&Nye law, which has enabled him to dramatically increase the brand’s turnover and to form partnerships with the giants of sailing
The career of the Leopard 46 reflects an important period in the life of Leopard Yachts. “After 33 years of collaboration with the Rodriguez group,” explained Sandro Picchiotti, President of the yard, “we’re ready to take on a new challenge, exploiting our extensive production know-how and managing the market ourselves”
It’s a bad time to be talking about the financial markets. The situation is so volatile that it’s hard to impose any kind of reasoning on it. As I write, it’s already too late for reflection. But I still want to address the subject without going into the specifics (there’s no point in saying that the indices are taking a thrashing) of the five nautical brands quoted on the stock exchange. Not in Italy. In the world.
He worked for years in high finance. Then he decided to change his life and purchased a shipyard. Who better than Michele Prestipino to explain the link between private equity funds and the nautical sector?