There's nothing to be done: 2018 was really the year of Campari. Not only on the stock market, as already noted by First&Foodbut also on the web. In fact, in the calendar year just past, the Italian Food&Beverage company was the best stock on the FtseMib, i.e. the most important index of the Milan Stock Exchange, where the red spirit rivaled the battleships of the financial, insurance and industrial world. But that's not all: according to the "100 top manager reputation", the ranking drawn up every month by Reputation Science, a joint venture between the Community and Reputation Manager, at the end of 2018 the CEO of Campari, the Austrian Bob Kunze-Concewitz he is the top manager with the best reputation on the web among those of the main Italian companies in the food sector.
The 51-year-old, who joined the Campari group in 2005 and became CEO two years later, is 42nd in the general classification, in which it moved up five spots in November: he is ahead of Lapo Civiletti of the Ferrero group (72nd), Guido Barilla (80th) and Gabriella Chersicla of Parmalat, only 95th, as well as managers such as Paolo Scaroni (48th), Marina Berlusconi (43rd), Piersilvio Berlusconi (86th), Gianfranco Battisti (44th), Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (58th), or Andrea Della Valle (88th out of 100) and James Pallotta (68th).
Campari, founded in 1860, owns a galaxy of brands in the Beverage sector: in its portfolio there are, among others, Aperol, Appleton Estate, SKYY, Wild Turkey and Grand Marnier. A few days ago it added another French brand, the Cognac bisque, for a value of 52,5 million euros. The company is now the sixth largest in the world in the branded spirits industry, distributes products in 190 countries worldwide, with leading positions in Europe and the Americas, has 18 manufacturing plants worldwide and employs approximately 4.000 people.
