Born in Chieti in 1952, son of a carabinieri marshal who moved to Canada after retirement. He graduated in Philosophy from the University of Toronto and later obtained a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University with top marks. Sergio Marchionne began his professional career in Canada. From 1983 to 1985, he worked for Deloitte Touche as a commercial lawyer and tax expert; subsequently, from 1985 to 1988, he served as group controller and then director of corporate development at the Lawson Mardon Group in Toronto. In 2004, Sergio Marchionne was appointed CEO of the Fiat Group. In 2005, he took the helm of Fiat Auto personally. In September 2014, he replaced Luca di Montezemolo as chairman of Ferrari.
Italy is a country that must learn to love itself, it must regain a sense of nation.
Morbidly jealous of his privacy, his personal biography is sparse in notes. It is known about his father being a carabiniere, a sister who died young, and the family in Switzerland. His great passion for classical music, an inevitable background when he is in the office, for poker, and flowers. His favorite team: Juventus. “I had an idol, Omar Sivori, he drove me crazy.” A heavy smoker, also passionate about cooking: “Cooking relaxes me. My specialty is Bolognese sauce.” He holds a humanities degree in philosophy. “I don’t know if philosophy has made me a better lawyer or makes me a better CEO. But it has opened my eyes, it has opened my mind to other things.
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