Died Giuseppe Bono, for twenty years at the helm of Fincantieri, the shipbuilding group controlled by Cdp, before its exit from the scene last spring, replaced by Pier Roberto Folgiero, hitherto driving by Maire Tecnimont. For many years he had earned the nickname of "last state boyar” for the 59 years spent in the public companies. Bono passed away at the age of 78 and is survived by a wife and two daughters. Among the first to give the news on Twitter was the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto, calling him "brotherly friend, great man, extraordinary captain of industry".
Who was Giuseppe Bono?
Calabrese, born in Pizzoni in the province of Vibo in 1944, a degree in Economics and Commerce and another recent honoris causa in naval engineering, before Fincantieri, which he joined in April 2002, Bono had been in Finmeccanica where he had entered in 1993 and where he had covered various roles: from 97 to 2000 he had been the general manager and then managing director for 2 years. He had begun his career, which would lead him to become a long-term manager, in 1963 with a training course in administration and management control at the Fiat-Finmeccanica, and then enter Omeca (Fiat-Finmeccanica group and since 1968 ephim) and then from 1971 to 1993 in Efim. “It was with great regret that I learned of the death of Giuseppe Bono. "Maiora premunt" had written to me just a few days ago, in a quick exchange of messages", commented the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti. “His last words, as far as I'm concerned: even in that motto I once again read all his passion and love for Italian industry”.
Not only companies, but also teaching. Many awards
Giuseppe Bono had joined his managerial career also that of and. Until 2010, in fact, he held the chair of "Management Control Systems (Planning and Control)" at the Louis. On May 23, 2014 he was awarded the honor of Knight of Labor. On January 25, 2017 he was awarded the honor of Knight of the Legion of Honor. Since 2013 it is also President of Confindustria Friuli Venezia Giulia.
