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The Voice of Voices – 1 April 2019 – by Andrea Cinquegrani
Look at the latest issue of The Economy, the weekly on Monday and supplement of Corsair. Full page, first, the dazzling smile of Lucia Aleotti, the premier female of the Belpaese in the saddle of the pharmaceutical group Menarini, who in the hits surpasses the other ninety woman all pills & glitter, Diana Bracco, the star atExpo Of Beppe Sala.
THE SUPER LADY OF ITALY
The blonde Lucia stands out in two basic articles of the'Economy. An open-hearted interview given to Maria Silvia Sacchi and the special ranking of the richest dynasty of our house, signed by Sacchi herself and by Julia Cimpanelli.
A true triumph for the Tuscan family, which has dominated the very rich pharmaceutical sector for years.
Let's start with the unmissable all-female interview.
So it begins Lady L.: “The characteristics of pharmaceuticals are intrinsically those of society, which wants clean industries, with high-level employment and a high female employment rate. Only in Menarini we have more than 90 percent of diplomats and graduates and almost 50 percent of women. It really is a modern sector”.
The super manager continues: “Today how Menarini we would like to continue to grow the European plants, nine of which four in Italy, and in particular the Italian ones. If we see Italy as a stable country, it takes the courage to make investments. There are many countries that apply formidable policies of attraction dedicated to pharmaceuticals, in Europe and not only in Europe, but if we succeed in Italy we are happier".
And he rejoices: “In the company it's me and my brother Alberto Giovanni and we are all one. Our father made us grow up by valuing the characteristics of each of us and without making any gender difference. Indeed, it seems incredible to both me and my brother that such a theme could exist!”.
The book ending Heart: “The credit goes primarily to the parents, to their intelligence in raising a child by favoring his natural abilities, each with his own talents, without creating opposition. We grow by getting along, admiring each other's strengths and compensating for weaknesses. It is the element that makes the difference between companies that fail and those that continue harmoniously. The unity of the family is the fundamental point”.
Two hearts and a skyscraper.
BUSINESS AT FESTIVALS
The second article refers to a special ranking drawn up on dynasty excellent since “Family Business Festivals”, which is celebrated in Brescia (it is in its second edition), organized coincidentally by the "Corriere della Sera" and from "Economy” from 4 to 6 April: special guests the premier Joseph Conte who will be interviewed by the editor of the via Solferino newspaper Luciano Fontana.
The super hit, updated throughout 2017, sees the family in the lead Benettons all highways & pullovers, with the battleshipEdition”. Spaced out in second and third place, respectively that Aleotti with big Menarini and the group Armani. Fountain
A question arises. While in the previous, recurring articles of Economy (every change of season) on the amazing feats of Aleotti dynasty, a very rapid mention was made of the judicial misadventures, this time not: all roses and flowers.
True is: the Court of Appeals of Florence at the end of last year canceled the terrible sentence of first instance, which sentenced the beautiful Lucia to 10 and a half years in prison for very heavy tax crimes and not only Alberto Giovanni Aleotti at 7 and a half years (plus 1 billion in confiscation). A story to be forgotten, of which the Voice wrote in previous articles. A heartbreaking story for the whole family, which fortunately the father-founder did not witness because he had already passed away while the mother Maximilian (in the photo on the left) can enjoy the excellent position in the ranking of Forbes on career superwomen worldwide.
Will that wound ever heal, despite the suture of theAppeal?
It will succeed Cassation to restore the wounded honor and, above all, to explain the incredible reversal between the first and second sentences?
If the Menarinis still can't laugh (despite the photos), neither can the other one Lady in Pills, Diana Bracco, already number two of Assolombarda and beauty queenExpo Milanese, as well as engaged up to the neck in humanitarian, charitable and wider solidarity activities.
In the first instance she was convicted by the Milan prosecutor's office of tax evasion, given that her accountant used to mix up company and personal accounts, often downloading the expenses of villas and yachts into the accounts in the family holding company. The second degree has given a limit to the sentence.
And she, too, is now anxiously awaiting news from the Palazzaccio in Rome.
THE WORLD STAR OF THE PESSINAS
But there is a third character who often and willingly peeps into our investigations. A nobody among us who, however, abroad, especially in the USA, is by now the most popular. It's about Stephen Pessina, of which the fresh report by Reports on business in a nutshell.
In Italy, his name has been excelling in the Scrooge charts for years. He talks about it from time to time'Economy branded Corsair, and above all of the life and business partner, Ornella Barra, among the first ladies of the States, made her debut in a small pharmacy in Lavagna, in Liguria.
Two hearts and a hut, at the beginning, since he too, originally from Pescara and Neapolitan by adoption, started with his father with a small medicine warehouse on the industrial outskirts of Naples.
Then the sudden take-off in the company of partners from Catania, the Zappalàs, with whom he took over a company and from then on the irresistible ascent began. Which translates into a flurry of purchases of pharmacies throughout Italy, being able to have unusual liquidity at their disposal, necessary to boost the business.
Where did that liquidity come from? It was the question that circulated in the early 90s in healthcare circles. The specialized magazinePharmacy theme” asked Pessina, the Magician in Pills, for enlightenment, who seraphically answered the rumors of illicit capital and protection of Farm industry: “Bullshit. The recipe is simple, I have serious and solid clients who pay me right away. So the circuit feeds itself.” As simple as drinking a glass of water.
It is now a world power - its own little one Pharmaceutical Alliance of origin after a quarter of a century it has been transformed into a global holding company, with purchase campaigns in half of Europe and under the banners of Walgreen Boots Alliance, born from the merger with the British and US giants, Boots And Walgreens.
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