A daddy's sons club? Too easy, too wrong. Ever since they were born, between the 50s and 60s, the Young Entrepreneurs have wanted to bring the "spirit of the time" into Confindustria and open up to society. This is what Alberto Orioli, deputy director and editorialist of "Il Sole 24 Ore" claims in his recent book ("Figli di papa a chi?", 377 pages, 25 euros, Il Sole 24 Ore publisher) on the history of the Young Entrepreneurs movement members of Confindustria.
The young industrialists, according to Orioli, are meticulous to the point of fussiness, but they see tomorrow before others even at the cost of controversy and clashes. They bet on participation when conflict reigns; on globalization even if few use the passport; on legality as a civil and economic value while indifference and hypocrisy are rampant. They dream of the currency of Europe when the lira is still experiencing devaluations and they look to the Mediterranean as to the sea of the encounter between civilizations and the Arab Spring there is not even a shadow. They have always wanted corporate culture to be truly cultured, understood and appreciated. But being a young entrepreneur is not enough to be a Young Entrepreneur. The difference? You will discover it by reading the pages of Alberto Orioli: there are 50 years of history to prove it.
