Stefano Rosso (born 1 June 1979 in

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, Vicenza) is an Italian businessman and the co-founder and CEO of D-CAVE, a lifestyle platform for the gaming community. He is also board member of

OTB Group Only The Brave, S.p.A., commonly known as OTB Group, is an Italian holding multinational corporation specializing in luxury goods, headquartered in Breganze. The company was founded in 2002 by Renzo Rosso as a holding company for Diesel and f ...

, the parent company of the fashion brands

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, Maison Margiela,

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, Staff International and Brave Kid. He is also President of

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. He is also the cofounder of the Red Room Party.

Biography

Early days

Stefano Rosso is part of the ROSSO family, who owns OTB group. After attending high school in Bassano del Grappa, he left Italy to pursue his studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he completed a BA in International Trade and Marketing. Stefano Rosso began his work experience outside the family company, collaborating with brands like Zoo York.

OTB Group

Stefano Rosso returned to Italy in 2005 to become the first brand manager of

's 5 Pockets (denim), and then the Strategic Brand Alliances Director, creating and managing brand global collaborations (

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). In July 2011, Stefano Rosso became Director of Corporate Development of

, the parent company of

, Maison Margiela, Marni,

, Staff International, and Brave Kid. In February 2013, he was appointed co-CEO of the group alongside Marina Tosin, succeeding to Daniela Riccardi Stefano Rosso and his brother Andrea each hold 5% of the OTB Group. In October 2014, he named John Galliano creative director of Maison Margiela. In June 2017, he was appointed CEO of Diesel North America.

Other activities

Stefano Rosso was also Managing Director of Red Circle Investments (RCI), the private investment company of the Rosso family created in 2011. RCI invests primarily in new technologies, environment and

sustainability Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livi ...

related companies and start-ups: Yoox, H-Farm (start-up incubator), Depop (social shopping), EcorNaturaSì (organic products and stores). Stefano Rosso sits on the Board of Directors of H-Farm and EcorNaturaSì. In March 2016, Stefano Rosso was named member of the Federal Council of the

Italian Football Federation The Italian Football Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio; FIGC), known colloquially as ''Federcalcio'', is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence. It ...

. In May 2018, after the OTB group purchased the

L.R. Vicenza Virtus L.R. Vicenza, commonly referred to as Vicenza, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. Founded in 1902 as Associazione del Calcio in Vicenza, they became Lanerossi Vicenza in 1953, then Vicenza Calcio from 1990 ...

soccer team, Stefano Rosso announced the merger of Vicenza Virtus and Bassano Virtus teams into a single club. Stefano Rosso is the president of the

soccer team since 2018.

Personal life

Stefano Rosso is in a relationship with

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. They had a daughter together in 2016, and moved to New York together the following year.(In Italian) Solange Savagnone
Francesca Chillemi ora vive a New York: «Ma non mi perdo una puntata di Che Dio ci aiuti»
''Sorrisi.com'', 7 March 2019

References

External links

OTB official websiteBassano Virtus website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosso, Stefano 1979 births Living people Italian chief executives 21st-century Italian businesspeople People from Marostica Fashion Institute of Technology alumni