Marco DE BENEDETTI
Managing Director, Carlyle Group
Based in Milan, Marco De Benedetti is a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group and head of the Italian buyout team.
Mr De Benedetti is also a key member of the European senior buyout team and a member of the Investment Committee of Carlyle Europe Partners II and Carlyle Europe Partners III, €1.8 billion and € 5,35 billion funds respectively. He is also be a member of the Global Telecom and Media group which looks at assets on a global basis in the sector.
From 1999 to 2005 Mr. De Benedetti was the Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Italia Mobile. Prior to that, he was the Chairman of Infostrada and Chief Executive Officer of Olivetti Telemedia, the telecommunications and multimedia business of the Olivetti Group.
Between 1987 and 1989, Mr. De Benedetti worked for Wasserstein, Perrella & Co. in the Mergers&Acquisitions team based in New York..
Mr. De Benedetti received his bachelor’s degree in history and economics from Wesleyan University (Connecticut), and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.