5 Polimi Alumni Leading Global Companies

The 2024 Forbes Global 2000 list includes 28 Italian companies. Five of these are led by Politecnico alumni. Who are they?

It’s Forbes' ranking that illustrates the landscape of the world's largest publicly traded companies: the 2024 Global 2000 list, published last June. Overall, it features companies from 61 countries, and this year, 28 Italian companies have made it into the ranking.

Five of these have “Politecnico leadership”: here are the Alumni at the helm of these companies driving the nation forward.  

ENEL, 2nd place in Italy, 94th in the global ranking.
The CEO is Flavio Cattaneo, a Politecnico di Milano Architecture graduate.

GENERALI, 4th place in Italy, 141st in the global ranking.
The group's general manager is Marco Sesana, an alumnus in Management Engineering.

PRYSMIAN, 18th place in Italy, 1,156th in the global ranking. Massimo Battaini, a Mechanical Engineering alumnus, serves as CEO and General Manager.

A2A, 19th place in Italy, 1,257th in the global ranking. Renato Mazzoncini, a Politecnico di Milano graduate in Electrical Engineering, is the CEO and General Manager.

NEXI, 27th place in Italy, 1,856th in the global ranking. The group’s CEO is Paolo Bertoluzzo, an alumnus in Management Engineering.

Discover other Notable Alumni of Politecnico di Milano: Alumni who, through the success of their ideas, companies, and works, become ambassadors of the University and its values worldwide, contributing to their transfer into the technological, industrial, and social realms.

A retrospective: it was 2016 when we published “2099”: the book in which 87 prominent alumni shared just as many pieces of advice for young people, taking a glimpse into the future. Are they still relevant, 8 years and a pandemic later?

Discover it here: https://alumni.polimi.it/2021/12/30/era-il-2016-quando-abbiamo-pubblicato-2099/

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