Stefano Cecchi (born

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1971) is a

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and entrepreneur.

Personal life

Grandson of Sir

Gabriello Cecchi Sir Gabriello Cecchi (Ponte Buggianese, 1914 – Torino, 2000) was an Italian entrepreneur in the gelato industry. He learned trade from his father Raimondo and went on to improve it in France. He created the Gelati Cecchi brand in 1936 and found ...

(1914-2000), an industrial entrepreneur and "Cavaliere of the Italian Republic", Stefano grew up between the

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and

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, where he graduated in Economics in 1993.

Career

In the 1990s he opened and developed fashion agencies in

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(Wild and

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). In 1999 Cecchi founded the

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Stefano Cecchi Records, introducing the " Buddha Bar Collection" phenomenon to

and launching musical architecture projects for fashion brands and luxury items, (

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, Fendi, Tod’s, Swatch,

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, Zegna,

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and

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). Between 2000 and 2010 he co-created several fashion

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s (Hydrogen, Bikinifuxia and Melody Maker) and opened

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s (San Carlo dal 1973). In 2014 he rebranded and relaunched the

Gelati Cecchi Gelati Cecchi is an Italian gelato company founded in 1936 by Gabriello Cecchi in Turin. Today the company is led by grandson Stefano Cecchi. History 1936-1950 In 1936, Gabriello Cecchi moved to Turin. He was originally from Ponte Buggianese, i ...

1936 family company. In 2003 he joined the Board of the

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. Thanks to his ability to predict new trends creating highly successful products, he was even mentioned in the

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Italian encyclopedia. As of 2021, he is focused on asset-backed investments and has set up the London-based

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fund "Fondo per l'Arte - FpA", which invests in modern and contemporary art with a particular interest in emerging artists.

Books

In 2012 Cecchi published "10 years, 1000 projects", an

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of his works. In 2013 he published "Play, the autobiography of a dream".

Sport

Cecchi is also an ITF ( International Tennis Federation) player in both over-35 and over-40 categories, specialized in men's doubles and

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. He won 14 international ITF tournaments, three medals in the

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an Championships, and played in the

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s (with Fabrizio Gariglio), ranking second in the world and as a seeded player.

References

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