Mario Greco (born 16 June 1959) is an Italian businessman and the chief executive officer (CEO) of

Zurich Insurance Zurich Insurance Group Ltd is a Swiss insurance company, headquartered in Zürich, and the country's largest insurer. As of 2021, the group is the world's 112th largest public company according to ''Forbes'' Global 2000s list, and in 2011 it ran ...

Early life

Mario Greco was born on 16 June 1959 in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Rome in 1983, and a master's degree in international economics and monetary theory from the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The University of Roc ...

in New York State in 1986.

Career

Greco began his career in management consulting. From 1986 to 1994 he worked for

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, where he became a partner in 1992 and later partner leader in the insurance sector. In 1995, he joined RAS (

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Group) in Milan as head of the claims department. The following year he was appointed general manager of the insurance business, and in 1998, managing director. In 2000, he became CEO of the company. At the end of 2004, he was appointed to the Allianz AG executive board, where he was responsible for business in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Turkey. In April 2005, Greco joined

Sanpaolo IMI Sanpaolo IMI S.p.A. was an Italian banking and insurance conglomerate, based in Turin. It employed about 44,000 people and had about 7 million customers. On 24 August 2006 a merger with Banca Intesa was announced, which on 1 December 2006 was app ...

in Milan, where he was CEO of EurizonVita. In October 2005, he was appointed CEO of Eurizon Financial. He joined

in 2007 as CEO Global Life and became CEO General Insurance in 2010. Greco was CEO of Generali from August 2012 until January 2016. He is a board member of

Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is an Italian media conglomerate. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy. History In 2009, the group L'Espresso created an online advertising consortium ...

Indesit Indesit Company (; ) was an Italian company based in Fabriano, Ancona. It was one of the leading European manufacturers and distributors of major domestic appliances (washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, fridges, freezers, cookers, hoods, ov ...

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and

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. Since March 2016, Greco has been CEO of Zurich Insurance.

References

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