Piero Gnudi (born 17 May 1938) is an Italian

tax advisor A tax advisor or tax consultant is a person with advanced training and knowledge of tax law. The services of a tax advisor are usually retained in order to minimize taxation while remaining compliant with the law in complicated financial situations. ...

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activitie ...

and

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. He served as Italy's minister of tourism and sport in the Monti cabinet from 16 November 2011 to April 2013.

Early life and education

Piero Gnudi was born on 17 May 1938 in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different na ...

, Italy.Unicredit Board biography
/ref> He graduated from the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in contin ...

with a degree in economics and commerce in 1962.BusinessWeek profile
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Career

Gnudi is a board member of

Confindustria The General Confederation of Italian Industry ( it, Confederazione generale dell'industria italiana), commonly known as Confindustria, is the Italian employers' federation and national chamber of commerce, founded in 1910. It groups together mor ...

Eni Eni S.p.A. () is an Italian multinational energy company headquartered in Rome. Considered one of the seven "supermajor" oil companies in the world, it has operations in 69 countries with a market capitalization of US$54.08 billion, as of 11 Ap ...

, Enichem, Stet, Merloni, Ferré, Beghelli, Irce, and

Unicredit UniCredit S.p.A. is an international banking group headquartered in Milan. It is Italy's only systemically important bank (according to the list provided by the Financial Stability Board in 2022) and the world's 34th largest by assets. It was fo ...

. He sits on the steering committee of Assonime and the executive committee of the

Aspen Institute The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1949 as the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. The institute's stated aim is the realization of "a free, just, and equitable society" through seminars, policy programs ...

. He is also the chairman of Profingest,

Credito Fondiario (Fonspa) Credito Fondiario S.p.A. is an Italian bank based in Rome, Italy. The bank is specializing in management of non-performing loans. Chairman of the board of directors was Piero Gnudi. History The bank was found in 1898 as Credito Fondiario Sardo ( ...

and vice president of Alma Graduate School. He was the board chairman of

Enel Enel S.p.A. is an Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas. Enel, which originally stood for Ente nazionale per l'energia elettrica (National Electricity Board), was first established as a public body at the ...

from May 2002 to April 2011. He has also been the president of Rai Holding, Locat, and

Astaldi Astaldi S.p.A. is an Italian multinational major construction company based in Rome. The group is active in the fields of civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, Electromechanical Engineering and transportation. Significant subsidiaries inc ...

. He is member of the Italy-USA Foundation. He was appointed minister of tourism and sport on 16 November 2011. His term ended on 28 April 2013.

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* Living people 1938 births Politicians from Bologna University of Bologna alumni Businesspeople from Bologna Government ministers of Italy 20th-century Italian businesspeople {{Italy-politician-stub